I woke up to sunshine but soon clouds blew in from the Northwest. All day clouds alternated with sunshine, but the cold was consistent. Some clouds looked dark and stormy but nothing precipitated. Reflections went from brightly colored to dull and muted.
The mockingbird preferred barkbutter for breakfast. Warblers took what they could get. The Carolina wren seemed happier with suet. Bluebirds alternated between suet and barkbutter.
The creek became wrinkled with ripples but that didn't trouble the pelicans. Cormorants, a bufflehead, a grebe, and hooded mergansers fished from the water's surface. A great blue heron fished below the dam. Then a gorgeous wood duck drake came paddling by, not fishing at all.
I spotted a white breasted nuthatch in the trees but it nipped out of sight. Bluebirds perched and posed everywhere. One junco joined the white throated sparrows foraging in the mulch under the feeder. A squirrel has been stripping bark from the redwood to line its drey.
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