It is sunny again and this morning the birds were eager. A half dozen sparrows and a female towhee competed for the perch and the ground. The birdbath was frozen. A great blue heron took position on the bulkhead again - same one as yesterday? The ruddy ducks were in a huddle in the middle of the creek. A mallard slipped by along the bulkhead.
I had better luck counting birds at 9am today, though they were mostly on or above the creek. There were a couple dozen ruddy ducks. They were joined by four canvasbacks and a half dozen hooded mergansers. I counted four turkey vultures and one black vulture circling overhead. A crow took after one vulture. A pelican passed through. As for the feeder, white throats, a pair of cardinals, a couple chickadees, and two mourning doves were all I saw.
A robin came for a drink at lunch. Afterward, a pair of house finches joined chickadees and sparrows. I saw something hiking itself along the underside of branches and got all excited till I discovered it was a chickadee. The buzzards continued their patrol but the ducks moved on.
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