Took along mini donuts and orange juice to the Hummocks...snacked...quiet...no Mallards about!....continued under the Oaks by the Road..Acorn Woodpeckers and Hundred Blue Jays about....Black Phoebe perched atop the Small Volunteer Ponderosas that are taking over Bobcat Meadow...all the Meadows actually...Phoebe likes the Small Pines for perches....checked mail, reported waterproof camera found...and while waiting for the Shuttle to return, heard Nuthatch call...oh...and White Headed Woodpecker on a Cedar next to the Cabin when I stepped outside...sunny blueblue warmer....at Lunch: sat awhile at the Ozone Beach Cottonwoods...heard call I thought was DownyOrHairy Woodpecker back in the Alders...short pipings...but then I heard a melody--Robin!...very cool..first Robin sighting of the New Year...maybe it's Spring now, but small Storm forecast for Monday...'felt like a hint of spring'--tv weather newscaster.....'one degree away of record'....75/76...Fresno I think....but 3,000 foot snow level next Monday....62 hereabout today...
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