The day began with a frozen birdbath and ice on the creek, but the melt set in quickly. A downy woodpecker was already at work. A myrtle warbler popped up next. White throats followed.
I put out jelly for orioles and a squirrel got into it. Blue jays went for the bark butter balls. Starlings noticed that my clever upsidedown suet had slipped to merely leaning. I fixed that. A pine warbler had a tough time with the repositioned suet. A female
oriole did finally come to eat (the second serving of) jelly. It was a
lemon yellow one, not the female with the richer, darker yellow-orange,
Robins drank from the pool which was not iced over. A junco looked at seeds frozen in the birdbath. The Carolina wren investigated crannies.
An egret prowled along the bulkhead at low tide. Herons flew along the creek - I think the one behind was chasing off an interloper. I saw some pelicans but got no pictures.
During lunch, a flock of red breasted mergansers chased fish upstream. Hoodies and buffleheads joined in. A red breasted nuthatch finally sat still for a portrait session. After looking in every direction, it leaped to the post and peeked around.
When I went out to run an errand, I noticed dandelions blooming along the road. They take advantage of every warm day. They are so adaptable, they will probably survive our species. Toward evening, the tide sank very low. A cormorant wrestled a fish that seemed far too big. The bird dived so I don't know who won.
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