Who's Out on this COLD MORNING?

 It's too cold outside for angels to fly.

~ Ed Sheeran

It might have been too cold for the angels, but not for the cats or the birds. Although it did seem that the cold slowed everyone/everything down.

We don't consider these black cats bad luck. We love them...Mom and two kittens (all grown up, now). Yes, there are other park cats, but we only saw the black cats today.

Two women and two dogs shivered all the way...and the birds cooperated...perching or wading with time for us to take a photo or two. Many were hard to see in the light, but we managed.

Dogs got to chase a squirrel or two. What were the squirrels doing up so early? Whatever. It is hard not to love this park. It is so much more than nice sidewalks, picnic tables, gazebo, and basketball goals.

Here is a little of what we saw:

They did not cross our path.

I'd never noticed this - the seeds of the Boxelder Maple.

Blue Jay

Northern Mockingbird

One of my better shots of a Great Blue Heron.

Crow (there were two)

House Sparrow

White-winged Doves

House Finch

Red-bellied Woodpecker - in 4 photos.

The Cooper's Hawk we have only seen twice here. You know them by the dark bands on the tail. We saw the Red-shouldered Hawk as well.

NOTE: No squirrels were harmed and no trespass committed during the hour-long walk along Nolan Creek.