Ice on the creek

The cold brought lots of birds.  First a pine warbler, then a female oriole flashed yellow.  A butterbutt seemed to want to compete though it had a lot less yellow to work with.  Song and white throated sparrows foraged and I tossed some seeds on the patio for them.

An orange crowned warbler was displaced from the suet by a yellow rumped warbler.  Later, the male red bellied woodpecker was feasting on suet when the male downy flew in and knocked the red bellied off the suet.  All the while, they ignored the feral cat sunning on the pool cover. 

Two herons flew upstream. Another perched on a snag in the lake.