We had a beautiful but cold morning with sunlit trees reflected in the creek. It seems that red breasted nuthatches take precedence over brown headed nuthatches, just like yellow rumped warblers over pine warblers.
Speaking of which, the first yellow rumped warbler showed up this morning. So did the first junco! Titmice and chickadees interrupted the nuthatch wars. A white throated sparrow gleaned the fallout.
Downy woodpeckers were quick to breakfast on suet. A maddening blue jay was out of focus nearly every time it snatched a bark butter ball. And so was a red bellied woodpecker. When I got outside mid afternoon, it scolded fiercely but wouldn't stay still long enough for a photo.
Over on the lake a great egret supervised some turtles. A great blue heron lurked nearby. On the creek, a pied-bill grebe hung around with female hoodies. The hoodies posed in the low-angle sunlight. The crescent moon was blurred by passing streamers of haze.
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