The birdbath was frozen again. Sparrows, wrens, nuthatches, a dove, the butterbutt, downy woodpeckers, and the female red bellied woodpecker greeted us at breakfast. The creek was a bright mirror occasionally disturbed by a paddling duck. A heron landed on the grass above the bulkhead. 
At lunch I saw a tiger swallowtail. There was also a cabbage white, though they show up on every warm winter day. Of course I did not get photographic proof. Bees and possibly other insects flitted around the rosemary. 
A female hoodie paddled and preened on the creek which had broken into waves. Ruddy ducks showed up later. A titmouse finally joined us. The wrens inspected the now melted birdbath water and found it lacking. So I dumped a coffeepot full in. By sunset haze had congealed into long bars of cloud. K reported a beautiful mauve sunset but I didn't see any color out the North windows. The pine warbler came for supper after the light had failed.
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