At breakfast,I saw no evidence that any snow fell overnight, but K said I should have looked in the front yard. Some fuzzy clouds floated in sunshine, but by 10am we had overcast. The birds were glad to find all the feeders open. Bluebirds went after the mealworm barkbutter mix but so did white throats, pine warblers, and Carolina wrens. The pileated pair were only interested in suet. The male evicted the female. A bold (or hungry) downy tried to share with the red belly but the red belly decided on seeds. Later he scared a warbler off the suet. A song sparrow came a-foraging with the white throats. Blue jays picked over the barkbutter balls.
The great blackback gull was back. A small flock of buffleheads paddled around the dock most of the day. I spotted a female hoodie among them. A handful of vultures kept circling over the water. Several pelicans fished and one perched on a piling. A ring bill gull flew by.
At lunch, the birds brightened the dull light. A myrtle warbler joined its pine cousins. First a white breasted nuthatch then a brown headed showed up. Bluebirds, white throats, and wrens returned. I missed a shot at a male oriole but two females were more cooperative. I could tell them apart because one was a darker orange than the other. A mockingbird watched from across the pool patio but didn't come to eat. A brown thrasher, however, dug right in.
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