It is very quiet. The creek is glassy, the feeder unvisited, and the sky full of small cloud puffs. I refilled the feeder and birdbath, but thus far no one has taken notice but squirrels.
Out on the creek, mallards are everywhere, mostly drakes. This pelican has the dark neck that shows it's thinking about mating. The pelicans have been joined by gulls, especially great black backs. Some other birds went by too fast to identify, possibly wood ducks and a kingfisher. A pair of Canada geese were hanging out in the spartina.
A peach is flowering in the wooded area. Dutch hyacinths are blooming. The pelicans kept fishing till I went down to the dock so I could photograph them without bushes in the way. Then they disappeared. An osprey circled, pursued by a gull. The oak buds are beginning to burst and the sweet gum are swollen. The sun was warm but the wind was bone chilling out on the water. Some hooded mergansers are still lingering.
Out on the creek, mallards are everywhere, mostly drakes. This pelican has the dark neck that shows it's thinking about mating. The pelicans have been joined by gulls, especially great black backs. Some other birds went by too fast to identify, possibly wood ducks and a kingfisher. A pair of Canada geese were hanging out in the spartina. 
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