The windows facing North (and toward the feeders) were coated with a lumpy glaze over night. Lots of birds came to breakfast, but it was difficult to identify and impossible to photograph them. I did see some in the bushes out the side windows. The sleet made inch long icicles on the gutter and the camellia, and dripping water says bad things about the attic insulation.In addition to the regulars, I definitely identified at least four white throats, a butterbutt, a dove, and a brown thrasher. 
Lunch time was sunny and the iced snow was blinding. Starlings attacked the suet but other birds seemed to find it frozen too hard. A red bellied woodpecker inspected the trees. A butterbutt actually chased a titmouse off the seed feeder! Juncos foraged on the snow crust which supported a squirrel's weight. Icicles dripped in the sun but the snow showed no sign of melting. The creek looked milky with the combination of snow and ice.
The clouds returned in the afternoon. A male downy showed up to try the frozen suet. I scattered peanuts and got squirrels. 
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