Buffleheads and geese were hard to see against the glittering, sunlit water. White throats and juncos hunted for fallen sunflower seeds. A blue jay looked for mealworms while an anxious red bellied woodpecker dithered about the suet. And then we left.
When we came home 8 hours later under an overcast sky, the yellow rumped warbler was monitoring the suet. It tried sunflower seeds but not for long. A pair of bluebirds were indignant that the mealworm dish was empty. I refilled it but they did not return. Instead, the warbler got its fill in between starling raids. Downy woodpeckers continued to demolish the suet.
Pelicans sailed above the creek and occasionally plunged, but there was always a screen of twigs in the way. A pair of mallards got a drink from the pool cover. The drake nibbled an itchy spot. A female red breasted merganser rolled over in the water to get at an itch. Female hoodies zipped past on their own business. I caught a brief glimpse of a grebe. It was after sunset the last time I saw a pelican plunge - how could it see into water? No moonlight penetrated the clouds.
Buffleheads and geese were hard to see against the glittering, sunlit water. White throats and juncos hunted for fallen sunflower seeds. A blue jay looked for mealworms while an anxious red bellied woodpecker dithered about the suet. And then we left.
When we came home 8 hours later under an overcast sky, the yellow rumped warbler was monitoring the suet. It tried sunflower seeds but not for long. A pair of bluebirds were indignant that the mealworm dish was empty. I refilled it but they did not return. Instead, the warbler got its fill in between starling raids. Downy woodpeckers continued to demolish the suet. 
Pelicans sailed above the creek and occasionally plunged, but there was always a screen of twigs in the way. A pair of mallards got a drink from the pool cover. The drake nibbled an itchy spot. A female red breasted merganser rolled over in the water to get at an itch. Female hoodies zipped past on their own business. I caught a brief glimpse of a grebe. It was after sunset the last time I saw a pelican plunge - how could it see into water? No moonlight penetrated the clouds. 
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