Rain & rising temperature

As usual in winter, we pay for warmth with overcast.  Not one living thing ventured out at breakfast.  The rain turned the creek ice milky and melted the birdbath and pool puddles.

As the morning progressed, the creek ice sublimed creating fog.  The birds eventually woke up.  The regulars were joined by hungry white throats, juncos, a downy, butterbutts, and titmice.

At noon the same birds were still busy feeding.  A raft of hooded mergansers paddled upstream along the edge of the ice.  Then the barge to fix the dock came upstream, breaking ice and putting birds to flight.  The ice fog was still thick.

During our late lunch there were several pelican fly-bys.  The pine warbler showed up to dispute with the yellow rumps. A pair of doves courted and foraged.  Blue jays scolded the progress of dock work.