Pelicans appeared as soon as there was light and have been fishing steadily. On strafed some diving ducks. Cormorants and gulls are fishing too. Cardinals and chickadees came to the feeder and sparrows foraged below. A pair of squirrels courted. Rain made freckles on the concrete.The wren arrived later. The gray overcast broke up in the morning and mid-day was blue with clouds sailing East. Titmice came to the feeder along with one female house finch. House finches have been notable in their absence the last few weeks. I put peanuts out and before they were discovered, the landscape workers came with the leaf blower and dispersed them into the bushes.
A buzzard circled over the creek. Cormorants swam below. A woodpecker methodically checked out each tree. Maybe they are too healthy for happy woodpeckers? I think I saw just enough red that it may be a sapsucker, but I can't be sure.
Almost all the clouds disappeared in the afternoon and the low sun gilded the treetops.
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