Melting

The temperature got a little above freezing and the icicles dripped, but the creak and the yard stayed white.  An oriole landed in the snow.   A goldfinch watched.  So did a mockingbird.  Warblers poked through the snow.  A red-winged blackbird came back.  A blue jay puffed feathers over its toes but then landed in the snow anyway.  A Carolina wren claimed the seed feeder.  Bluebirds chose barkbutter balls.  A myrtle warbler considered jelly.  A junco landed in the snow. Two brown headed nuthatches owned the feeder.  The white throats stayed earthbound and were joined by a squirrel.