Bright and cold

No reflections this morning, instead the creek was dancing with sun sparks.  A cormorant fished while gulls flew over.  The sparrows partied at the feeder till a female cardinal broke it up.

Later the male towhee took over the feeder.  But the sparrows persist.  An egret swooped down to the bulkhead.  A pelican cruised up and then downstream.

Clumps of fur or down came drifting on the breeze.  I am guessing that a squirrel's nest disintegrated and this was its inner layer.  There was no sign of violence.

At lunch, it was the female towhee along with the regulars and the sparrows.  In the late afternoon, they both ventured out despite the sun.  A cardinal tried to argue, but the towhee is a little bigger.