The water in the birdbath froze overnight. Clouds in the East colored for sunrise then disappeared. I saw a male oriole as I was making coffee. If it was the same one as yesterday, it had cleaned the yellow off its face and it was willing to sample the seed feeder. Later a female appeared, but didn't wait for a photo. The oriole had lots of competition for the suet, mainly from downy woodpeckers and yellow rumped warblers, but a mockingbird got into the act. A Carolina wren and a junco joined the white throats on the patio. Around the trees I saw blue jays, doves, and titmice.
Herons and pelicans flew low over the water and competed for roosts. One pelican just floated on the water for a while, not trying to catch anything. Cormorants broke up the reflections.
As I was making lunch, I saw a Cooper's hawk in the redwood. It took some while after the hawk flew across the creek for the other birds to reappear. Osprey circled over the creek. Then I saw what I think was a
phoebe, also in the redwood.
HRWE confirmed the phoebe.
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