It was chilly especially in the shade and wind. But I saw spider threads catch the sunlight. Bumblebees were all over the jessamine but a few worked on the blueberry flowers.
Titmice came for seeds, as did white throats, on the feeder and under it. I had a running battle with squirrels over the mealworm dish They won. But the butterbutts got some too. A wren was interested but the squirrel was in the way. A blue jay helped itself. A starling was blocked by the squirrel. Another squirrel was doing back-flips off the cedar trunk again. And a male cardinal proclaimed from high up in the oak, among the flower strings like a ruby set in gold.
A few mergansers, both red breasted and hooded, but all female, paddled around on the creek. I saw a male bufflehead early in the day.
The yellow daffodils, including the dwarfs, were finished but the "fried egg" narcissis started to open. To my amazement, one of the money plants was already in bloom! A pine twig fallen on the ground was embellished with ruffles of lichen.
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