Ice on the creek

There is ice all the way to the bulkhead but I doubt it is thick enough to support a seagull.  I can see open water further downstream.  The sun is bright but nothing is stirring.  It is very cold. 

By the time I got home it was much warmer.  Pelicans, herons, and mergansers were busy on the creek.  Cardinals, chickadees, finches, titmice, song and white throated sparrows, and a Carolina wren all came to the feeder.  Squirrels were in pursuit of love and food. The one that had a sore elbow now has a white nose.  Clouds appeared mid-afternoon on a wind from the West.