A pine warbler was the early bird. He checked out the seed feeder while the clouds were still tinted with sunrise. Myrtle and orange crowned warblers soon followed. Patches of floating ice didn't cover the creek but the birdbath was solid ice. Even so, I didn't see much activity. A pelican flew past. A cormorant splashed down.
In the afternoon, clouds on the way home looked like a storm was about to dump on us. When I got home, the pileated pair took turns at the suet, to the frustration of the downy. The red bellied woodpecker was more flexible and visited the seed feeder and the barkbutter dish. The clouds passed and returned through the afternoon. Warblers, bluebirds, titmice, and the regular cardinals, house finches, and chickadees were all hungry but wary of the pileated woodpeckers.
The warblers tussled over the suet. Female orioles scraped the jelly dish clean. A Carolina wren managed to dodge them all. Brown headed nuthatches got some seeds to "hatch." K poured water in the ant moat and birdbath. That attracted warblers and I saw one myrtle warbler still wearing a summer mask. A mockingbird was attracted by the suet crumbs the woodpeckers dropped.
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