Frigid

The birdbath is a block of white ice but the creek is open, probably due to the wind.  Gulls are playing and a chickadee came for fuel.  KVAVIRGI59, the weather station at Pembroke Manor says it's 16 degrees with a light breeze from the NW.  The sky is clear. 

Several egrets are working along the bulkhead.  I saw one pelican and a few hooded mergansers.  Juncos arrived along with sparrows under the feeder.  The temperature has risen to 20 by late morning. 

As we ate lunch, a mockingbird ate beautyberries.  Cardinals and chickadees have joined the sparrows at the feeder. A dove stopped in.

The day stayed clear and bright and cold.  It never got past freezing.