Saving daylight

The birds weren't expecting the feeder to be opened so early, but they noticed it fairly quickly.  In addition to the regulars and the sparrows, there were brief visits by a tufted titmouse, a white breasted nuthatch, and a Carolina wren.  I saw something across the yard I thought might be a hawk but it was only a dove.  A great blue heron flew downstream and flocks of Canada geese went upstream.  The sky was overcast at dawn but began to clear around 9am and now is blue and sunny.

The sparrows and the regulars have been feeding all day.  Pelicans have been flying by. The first daffodil has opened.