Snow birds

There was a flurry of snow at breakfast, little pellets that melted quickly. The clouds kept the light level low and photos blurry.  But it brought out lots of birds:  robins, warblers, wrens, woodpeckers, sparrows, titmice, nuthatches, starlings, cowbirds, blackbirds, chickadees, and juncos.  There were ruddy ducks on the water and herons flying over the creek.  I glimpsed a flicker in the trees.

The sky began to clear around 8:30am.  A pelican cruised over the creek.  A blue jay raided the mealworms. A goldfinch was thirsty and the oriole was hungry for jelly.

The evening sky was gorgeous, a thin crescent moon trailed by a bright planet, with the afterglow of sunset in the West.  But it was cold and I didn't take a camera.