Juncos and a warbler

A little flock of juncos greeted me when I got home around 10am.  The regulars and the sparrows were also on the feeder and below.  The cardinals continue to contest possession of the feeder.  A butterbutt hung out around the edge of the yard.  Herons flew low over the creek and gulls flew high.

I had left before dawn and saw a misty third quarter moon overhead.  On my way back, a dark bar of cloud hung over the South and the rest of the sky was streaked with stratus.  After I got home, the sky cleared to the North.  But we are supposed to be having a Northeaster with precipitation. 

An hour later the rain arrived.  With it came a pine warbler and some titmice.  The regulars and the sparrows were hungry too.  More herons flew up and down the creek.  Cormorants popped up like periscopes.

The rain was steady all afternoon.  Several herons stood around in it.  A crow landed on the dock with a treat and two others arrived to get some.  The feeder has been intermittently busy.

After dark, the rain became mixed with fat flakes of snow and globs of slush.  It melted on contact.