Warm

A West wind blew rain through around 7:30am but afterward it brightened.  It felt warmer outside than in, but much damper.  A pelican, a heron, and a cormorant flew over the creek.  Lots of feeder birds came to breakfast.  The suet attracted downy woodpeckers, chickadees, titmice, and a pine warbler.  More titmice tried to get the seed feeder regulars to share.  On the ground, white throats, juncos and a dove were joined by a squirrel.  A Carolina wren stopped in briefly. 

During lunch a big flock of geese poured off a neighbor's yard into the creek.  Of course they had to discuss whatever set them off.  We saw three crows chasing a hawk high and far off.  Then a long tailed hawk shot across our yard, only a couple of feet above the grass.  I don't know whether it was a Cooper's or a sharp shin but the behavior fit a Coopers.  It may be why the feeders were deserted.  Eventually the juncos reappeared.

Clouds streamed out of the Southwest, making the sunshine intermittent.  Bees were out hunting nectar.