Spring-y

There is a thin cloud cover but the sun is bright.  It's breezy and warm.  Lots of juvenile gulls, a cormorant, and an osprey flew over the creek.  An egret passed by going upstream.  Sparrows, chickadees, and a titmouse were hungry.  A squirrel sat up and bulged in front - pregnant?

The wind picked up - it's out of the WNW.  A cabbage butterfly and other insects are flitting around anyway.  A male bufflehead was out on the rough water of the creek. It's shirt-sleeve warm. 

The sky clouded over in the afternoon.  A warbler made forays from the treetops to catch bugs.  I glimpsed a wren.  Meanwhile, chickadees, sparrows, and a female cardinal ate sunflower seeds.  An egret worked along the bulkhead where it was joined by a crow.

I finally put the grape jelly packet out on a hook to see if it would attract a migrating oriole or something.  Well, a squirrel took it.  It licked and licked the packet and then buried it in the day lilies, patting it down like a nut.  

Many egrets commuted in the twilight.  The sunset painted the cloud cover a vivid rose.