Sun on snow

Let the melting begin!  Today began with song sparrows.  Then finches, cardinals, the wren, and white throats arrived.  The male towhee showed up.  Finally, as I was doing dishes, chickadees and titmice appeared.

There is a lot of dripping which will probably mean ice tomorrow morning.  In the afternoon, the chickadees got their fill at the feeder.  Gulls and egrets flew over the creek but other water birds stayed away.  The sun made the snow blinding.

But today I didn't see any of the juncos that were all over yesterday.  Was it the sunshine?

I caught the final glow of pink clouds after sunset.  A planet trailed the sun.  The new moon was not visible. A low of 6 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded at the airport beating the previous record by 4 degrees.