Blue sky turns white

That didn't take long.  Clouds are coming out of the WNW.  Pelicans are fishing.  The feeder is about empty, but a few chickadees and nuthatches visited.  Sparrows and juncos cleaned up the spill. Since we were out of seed, I didn't expect to see any feeder birds, so I went down to the dock.

I startled a heron who fled.  The icy wind down on the dock was out of the NE and the sun only intermittent.  A couple of female hooded mergansers  hung around.  They croak like a heron.  An osprey circled then perched in the pines.  The two male cardinals continued their territorial skirmish.  A kingfisher lighted on a channel marker briefly.

The first leucojum has bloomed. Last fall's puffballs still smoke when poked. We got more sunflower seed for the feeder and I cleaned out the birdbath.  After 4pm, rain started and continued all night.