Friday, December 1, 2023

Fish frenzy

Great egrets and cormorants and a few gulls flocked to the creek to feast.  I also saw one great blue heron but no fishing ducks.  Mallards hung around the egrets as did a crow in the shadows.  The dog objected to the invasion of big white birds. 

I caught another squirrel leap.  A mockingbird was back for more barkbutter balls.  The downy was back at the suet.  The cat came back but the dog was MIA.  A cloud blanket rolled out of the West around mid morning.  A great blue heron perched on one dock post and a gull on the other.  Geese joined the mallards. 

At lunch, two Carolina wrens joined us.  Soon a pine warbler showed up.  I think it had lost an eye but it seemed to be coping.  The heron relocated to the back of the bench. 

When I pulled into the driveway after a library run, lots of birds were flitting through the pecan.  A red bellied woodpecker was working on the trunk.  Then a hawk streaked across pursued by crows and other birds.  Of course I didn't have the camera.  


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