At breakfast the air was still and the creek flat, but it didn't last. A blue jay meditated on a branch. A brown thrasher swooped right in for its breakfast. A white throated sparrow was close behind. Doves were more interested in getting a drink. Two brown headed nuthatches made repeat visits but the camera insisted on focusing on the background.
Then the female pileated arrived. The nuthatches were braver than larger birds when confronted by such a big woodpecker. Pretty soon the male pileated landed on the post and traded places with her. She waited impatiently below and finally got her turn while he tried foraging underneath. A myrtle warbler dropped in. Big and little turtles basked in the late morning sun.
When I got home, after 4pm, I saw ospreys circling, a pelican in the water and a heron on the neighbor's dock. A crow chased away one osprey. It was supposed to drop below freezing overnight but I don't think it did.
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