The bright sun has not raised the temperature. The cold made birds hungry and thirsty. I poured hot water in the birdbath several times while the sun melted a puddle on the pool cover. The current opened the ice under the bulkhead across the creek which faces the sun. Pelicans and herons flew by and an egret and mallards took advantage of the ribbon of open water.
Titmice were the early birds today, soon followed by white throats. Then juncos and the regulars appeared. The woodpeckers and the warblers argued over the suet. Bluebirds were back at the puddle on the pool cover. Two Carolina wrens showed up late in the morning. And of course there were squirrels and crows.
During dinner yet more birds visited. A couple of doves, one larger than the other, invaded the mulch. Two, maybe three, yellow rumped warblers and a pine warbler chased around the yard being territorial about the suet. The bluebird pair hung out in the dogwood with a house finch. They all landed on the pool cover for a drink despite my thawing the birdbath. Then two fox sparrows started kicking mulch in their favorite spot by the corner of the patio.
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