A light frost rimed the mulch and the birdbath was frozen. A dark morning with an occasional stray fragment of a snowflake gave way to bright sunshine that never warmed the air beyond the 30s.
A downy woodpecker found the suet. Titmice joined the feeder gang. Then the cat showed up.
A crow perched on a piling at the neighbors' dock. A great blue heron flew downstream. At least half a dozen hoodies cavorted on the creek as the shadows grew long. The low angle sunlight gilded the ducks which wasn't good for photos. It seemed at times like they were swimming in rings as though herding fish. Sometimes there was a commotion in the water with no visible cause. The tide was out so any fish would have had less space to escape.
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