Flaky weather

I glimpsed a blue jay at breakfast.  A Carolina wren poked around in the birdbath and the seed feeder.  A yellow rumped warbler looked for fallen food.  I hustled out a fresh supply of barkbutter balls just as the snow began.  Yes, snow fell again, big flakes this time.  At 38°, the temperature was too high for the snow to stick, but it filled the air.  If there were any groundhogs living here, they definitely would not have cast a shadow.  

Right away, the barkbutter attracted a mockingbird, a brown thrasher, a handful of blue jays, and a pair of bluebirds. A goldfinch wanted to know what the fuss was about, but it soon headed to the seed feeder.  The song sparrow was back in addition to the white throats, and juncos.  

I could see a pelican on a dock way downstream.  It stayed there for at least two hours as the snow fell.  Gulls played with the wind over the creek.  I saw one hoodie drake and later one bufflehead drake, and of course cormorants.  The young eagle made a couple of passes over the creek then flew away.