Windy

Because of the time change I was up earlier, before the day had shown what weather to expect.  A titmouse, a butterbutt, a song sparrow and two white throated sparrows were already seeking breakfast.  The creek was still and high with the new moon, but the trees it reflected were just gray.  Soon, though, there was sunlight and two brown headed nuthatches appeared.  Although only 20 minutes had passed, the creek surface had become rumpled.  Fierce-looking clouds boiled up from the horizon but they were all show and no storm.

The starlings arrived and began to argue about the food. The female pileated woodpecker scared them away.  Then a crow scared the woodpecker when it prospected for suet crumbs. 

Blue jays discovered that I'd put out mealworms.  Then the starlings had to have some.  The female red bellied woodpecker worked hard to extract seeds.  Bluebirds heard about the mealworms.  The male bluebird tried seeds as well.  He had one feather sticking out at an angle.  (I hope it drops somewhere I can find it.)  Orioles found the jelly. 

A flicker hunted in the pine needles and dried vegetation of the far side of the pool.   A dove joined a squirrel in rooting through the mulch under the feeder. 

Pelicans patrolled the creek and one floated downstream.  By this time the tide had dropped though the wind was affecting it.  Warblers were here and there at lunchtime.  A white breasted nuthatch escaped the camera while my hands were full of lunch. The orioles had another dispute over jelly.  The male pileated took a turn at the suet.  A small flock of red-winged blackbirds clustered around the birdbath.  Three brown headed cowbirds, one female, were with the half dozen blackbirds. 

The wind got stronger as the day progressed.  Dark clouds continued to blow over.  The late afternoon sun lit up the trees in front of the clouds, then turned the clouds yellow.