Blue sky

There were buttery cotton clouds at sunrise but they cleared off.  The water made rippled reflections of the sunlit bank.  Buffleheads and geese were out on the water and a flock of small ducks flew downstream.  An egret fought the wind to go North. 

A cardinal pair visited early, then a white throat.  Finches joined in.  Squirrels had a fight on the far side of the pool.  A hawk shot past the feeder and behind the house. 

Titmice visited the feeder in the late morning.  A pelican swooped through.  Then mallards and female pintails appeared on the creek. 

I went outside in the afternoon but the cold drove me back in.  The regulars were at the feeder and white throats in the mulch.  Cormorants were fishing and flying.