Gray

In the early morning, sunlight made the creek glow.  A mockingbird visited the seed feeder.  A Carolina wren worked on the suet.  White throats clawed up the mulch.  The yellow cat put them all to flight.  But soon the male oriole came for jelly.  Then the mockingbird wanted jelly too.  A myrtle warbler coveted suet. 

The temperature climbed above 60° but there was a lot of cloud cover.  By low tide the creek was a muddy gray.  The male red belly showed up after I refilled the barkbutter dish.  A female bluebird picked out seeds.  Daffodils were bright despite the gray light.