More birds

Today's early birds were a white breasted nuthatch, pine warblers*, bluebirds, and a mockingbird.  *After examining the photos, I think it likely that one was a yellow throated vireo.  The cat was early too.  I almost caught Tarzan-the-Squirrel in midair, but not quite. 

An immature chipping sparrow and a junco foraged on the ground.  Then uncounted brown headed nuthatches made forays after sunflower seeds.  They were uncounted because they showed up singly but in such a steady stream that it had to be several birds.  A Carolina wren had to investigate the suet.  While hunting fresh gumballs, I came upon a pile of rabbit droppings.  Surprising that the dog hadn't found them first. 

There were hoodies on the creek and I think I saw a female bufflehead but it dived.  Slight ripples in the water transformed reflections into brushstrokes in a painting. The sun was warm and insects were active but the breeze was nippy.  The winter jasmine put out a couple of early flowers.  Stratus clouds moved in from the West.  Haze blew up contrails into a puffy starburst - there must have been a lot of flights passing over us.