It wasn't quite as cold but the creek was iced over anyway. Of course it soon melted. I saw bluebirds in every direction. Warblers weren't hard to find either. And house finches were constantly at the seed feeder. A brown thrasher visited but I didn't get a picture. A house finch, a sparrow, and a dove drank from the pool cover.
An osprey circled and landed in a pine across the creek, unfortunately at a bad angle with a window screen in the way. Then another arrived and startled the first. I don't know if they were rivals or courting and I got nothing with the camera. But then a kingfisher landed on the dock bench with his lunch. He whacked it repeatedly on the wood. I assume that was to keep the fish from struggling while he positioned it for a head first dive down his throat. Maybe it tenderized the fish to.
Gulls patrolled the creek along with pelicans. I saw one ring bill paddling on the water. There were cormorants, naturally. I caught one taking off like a cartoon bat. Toward evening, at low tide a great blue heron stood in about a foot of water, just waiting. It was right below my window and I hadn't turned a light on. Below the dam an egret did the same. Mallards circled around the heron.
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