Grebe & phoebe

The early morning sun shone brightly on the placid creek.  Blue jays came for a breakfast of barkbutter balls.  A titmouse had the same idea.  The male red bellied woodpecker preferred suet.  I spotted what I think was a phoebe wading on the pool cover.  White throats were out on the pool cover too.  

A bluebird landed awkwardly on the bench back but he recovered his poise and visited the seed feeder.  A goldfinch also wanted seeds.  A crow was determined to get barkbutter balls and succeeded.  

A pied bill grebe was back and paddling fast.  I saw one at the beginning of winter and not again till today.  Supposedly they live here year around but maybe this one was migrating?  Mallards and gees were also out on the creek and an egret flew over the dam.