Still very cold

This morning the creek was iced but the feeders were busy.   Blue jays woke up hungry for barkbutter balls.  So did a white throat, a pine warbler, an orange crowned warbler, and a Carolina wren. Even a cardinal stopped there on the way to the seeds.  A red bellied woodpecker was obscured by the suet block.  Brown headed nuthatches joined the cardinals and chickadees on the seed feeder.  Juncos foraged and occasionally flew up to the feeder instead of waiting for seeds to fall.  A bluebird couldn't make up his mind.  Bright sunlight made some birds silhouettes.  

An egret flew over the creek but there was no reason for it to land.  Squirrels foraged in the leaves under the feeder.  At lunch there was no activity at the feeders.  The creek was still mostly iced at sunset.  Only the channel under the bulkhead had melted.