Much, much warmer

From ice yesterday to shorts today! A tangerine sunrise and fleecy clouds blowing East. It is breezy enough to blow a big flock of crows off course. A pelican nevertheless flew upstream into the wind. Juncos, doves, and the robin pecked on the patio and visited the bird bath. Chickadees and finches visited the feeder.

There was a mid-January warm spell last year which brought out a mockingbird and goldfinches as well as the usual suspects.

The wind is very strong. Clouds are flying across the sky and crows and gulls are playing on the gusts. A buzzard struggled West. The robin came back for a drink but nothing is attempting the feeder. It is swinging too much.

Rain was predicted but the sky was clear at sunset.