Groundhog day

Lots of sun casting shadows even if no groundhogs live in this area.  It is cold and the creek is half iced.  Egrets are patrolling the far side where the current flows.  Little ducks left a wake.  The feeder is empty and we are out of seed.

Clouds moved in during the morning.  K refilled the feeder.  Sparrows were busy beneath.

The birds got very busy at lunch.  Robins came for a drink.  Juncos, wrens, doves, white throat and song sparrows explored the leaves K swept over the mulch.  A cardinal, finches, chickadees, titmice and nuthatches fed on the refilled seeds.  A pelican soared overhead instead of over the creek.  A hooded merganser paddled upstream.

By late afternoon the clouds had shifted from the North to the West. The Pennsylvania  rodent is alleged to predict an early Spring.