Early

Sparrows and a female towhee were up before the sun which was delayed by clouds in the East.  The clouds colored up nicely but the sun is come-and-go.  The regulars and titmice arrived next.  I saw a blue jay in the trees and a bug catching bird (warbler?) making forays into the air from the redwood.  Geese paddled and flew and honked.  The creek is ruffled and flowing strongly.

More titmice showed up at lunch, along with a humungous bumblebee.  The poor rosemary is so damaged from the freezes that it has no blossoms for the bees.  The sky cleared and a predicted "partly cloudy" has been very bright and warm. 

Toward evening a ruddy duck flew in.  Then a boat appeared with a dog in the prow like a figurehead.  Shortly after that a tuxedo cat prowled around the sakaki bush.  Clearly it could see birds it could not reach.  Some cormorants and gulls flew home, but not in the numbers of early winter. 

A fat moon rose just after the sun set.  It will be full tomorrow night.