Still cloudless

There was frost overnight and mist rising from the glassy creek.  I poured hot water in the birdbath.  The nuthatches showed up first. I wonder if the color difference means male and female?  I checked and indeed it does - the male is on the left with the darker breast. 

Then a wren, chickadees and titmice, and finally a female finch came to the feeder.  Juncos, both kinds of sparrows, the female towhee, and a squirrel worked on the ground.  This is the first time I've seen the towhee come out on a bright sunny day, though it did stay in the shade.  Egrets and herons have passed, and I believe the hawk is lurking in the pines.  The blackbird flock passed over.

The afternoon is going cloudy.