Bright sun, dark clouds

A Carolina wren flew into the glass before the sun was up and left some down feathers behind.  It had to sit in a patio chair to recover but it flew off seeming OK.  A pelican cruised the creek early and crows gathered on the neighbor's dock.  The birdbath is frozen.  This is how sunrise looked.

The sky cleared but the birdbath didn't thaw.  A crow flew by with sticks in its beak - do they start nests this early?  White throats, cardinals, chickadees, and wrens have been feeding.  Pelicans and a few egrets have been fishing.   A large flotilla of geese was hanging around till a boat went out.

Squirrels gobbled up most of the peanuts I intended for the wren. This one appears to be working on a knothole - is it pushing nuts in? Anyway, the wren, the squirrels and the white throats all let me know they wanted more! 

Overall, a cold, sunny Christmas day and a clear, still night.