Warmer

The sun shone on the refrozen creek.  Up early were a starling, a bluebird, and a pine warbler.  The oriole made a beeline for the jelly.  Then an orange crowned warbler had jelly too.  Other warblers congregated on the suet.  Egrets flew over the creek. 

The male pileated wanted suet for lunch.  The oriole was back at the jelly.  A brown headed nuthatch lunched on seeds.  Warblers fought over the suet.  A mockingbird watched from the top of the post.  One pine warbler came to the window.  Perhaps it wanted me to drive off the starlings.  Despite the temperature rising to 40°, not all the ice melted.  A couple of egrets gathered at the lake.