Cold

The tide was way out in the morning, maybe from the wind.  A downy came for breakfast, then three doves.  A male cardinal was into the beauty berries.  Chickadees appreciated the hot water I poured into the birdbath.  Apparently cold makes them thirsty.  White throats stayed in the shadows.  Later egrets were flying around but without all the other birds that show up when there's a school of fish. 

At lunch, several dozen egrets flew in and lined the creek below the dam.  They looked like spectators along a parade route.  Carolina wrens popped up while I was watching the egrets.  One chickadee actually took a bath despite the cold.

A few hoodies were out on the water along with mallards and geese.  Later in the afternoon, a male kingfisher returned to his spot on the boatlift.