Cloudy with sunshine

When I got up, the sky looked like dirty cotton stuffing.  The clouds have thinned and the sun is shining.  A hawk flew out of the pines.  A male cardinal and some white throated sparrows poked at the mulch.

By afternoon the clouds were speeding East, looking very painterly.  A cormorant was paddling and diving on the creek.

There were birds in the camellia but I think they were just queuing up for the feeder.  The pink flowers have gotten darker, more of a rose color.  In front of the house is a red camellia that blooms in the fall and a spring white camellia that has started blooming.  But the pink camellia by the kitchen window is the star.  There are robins around. 

In the mulch and on the feeder I saw cardinals, house finches, chickadees, nuthatches, Carolina wrens, juncos, and sparrows.  The nuthatches and chickadees are fast, seizing a seed and off.  The Carolina wren prefers to root around and toss bits away.  That makes it easier to photograph.