Snow

The air was finally cold enough for snow though the ground wasn't during daylight hours.  Elevated surfaces like the dock collected snow during the day.  As usual, the cold brought birds to the feeders though I only got to observe at lunchtime.  White throated sparrows, myrtle and pine warblers, Carolina wrens, a mockingbird, and a brown thrasher found the suet outside my window.  The feeders on the patio also attracted a red bellied woodpecker.  

Pelicans flew over the creek.  A cormorant perched on the edge of the neighbor's floating dock.  A great blue heron hunched on top of the dam.  By evening there was snow under the redwood, in the birdbath, and on the pool cover.