At sunrise this morning, a big bright full moon hung low in the western sky, turning faintly pink and gold. The sky was a clear lavender-gray, with a few wooly clouds like strands of a sweater. White-throated Sparrows called their sibilant \u201ctseets,\u201d and sang. A Yellow-billed Sapsucker mewed. Yellow-rumped Warblers flitted from bare branch to wax myrtle to Savannah holly, calling \u201ccheck!\u201d<\/p>\n
Three Yellow-rumped Warblers came to the birdbath, where a thin puddle of water and leaves had frozen overnight. The warblers all three \u2013 one with much brighter yellow markings than the others \u2013 took turns hopping onto the ice and slipping on it as they tried to drink through small openings.<\/p>\n
A Brown Thrasher with feathers on its head ruffled up into a small peak fed among dry leaves around our Savannah holly, near the porch. A female Towhee kicked up leaves under the bare-limbed crape myrtles. A Carolina Wren clung to the bird feeder, feeding for several minutes. It\u2019s unusual to see a wren on our feeder, though they\u2019re always around the yard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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