A South wind brought clouds and warmer air, but fitful sunshine. During breakfast a bald eagle flew over too quickly to grab the camera. Cardinals, house finches, juncos, white throats, and yellow rumps fed almost continuously, except when the feral cat appeared. The song sparrow was back for more seeds. The brown thrasher again tackled the suet, as did a starling briefly. A grackle and a robin landed for a drink. Blue jays and titmice lurked in the trees. A cloud of gulls circled over the creek even though it was still covered with ice. Then a buzzard cruised upstream. In the bit of open water at the dam outflow a red breasted merganser fed next to an egret.
At lunch time a downy tried to get some suet but the bigger birds were too much for it. A red bellied woodpecker made a couple of forays to the feeders but startled off each time. Two brown thrashers flitted from branch to branch, as did a mockingbird. Two titmice came for seeds. A flock of crows occupied the dock for a while. I glimpsed a pelican headed West.
When I got home, the brown thrasher was still at it. I saw a bird in silhouette that looked like a wren with a cocked up tail but it flew before I could be sure.
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