Still cold

It was a beautiful day, though cold, and full of too much running around when I could have been watching birds. There were a lot of clouds early in the day but the creek was brightly colored.  A cormorant periscoped, then took off.  A squirrel sat on a level limb to work on a pine cone.  Blue jays feasted on barkbutter balls.  Crows collected on the oak across the creek that  gives them a good view since it was pruned back.