Frost!

The sun is bright with no clouds and the creek is a mirror with just a breath of air movement.  No birds are up yet.  Leaves are drooping on the annuals.  This frost is two weeks earlier than last year but only four days earlier than 2011. It is a light frost that won't finish off much. 

I guess that was just Dawn holding her breath, because there's a definite breeze now. The temperature is rising.  A white throat ran a house finch off the feeder but later shared with her.  I was surprised to realize that the sparrows are bigger than the finches.  Chickadees have also shown up to feed.  Squirrels are dashing around.  A buzzard sailed over and a great blue heron flapped downstream. 

Project Feederwatch has an interactive webpage of what birds like to eat.  I may try some of the others beside black oil sunflower seeds.