The Sun is Moving

Returned to UOBS after three weeks away. The sunrise is moving. I carefully located the exact point of direct sunlight from the sunrise January 5 at 117d SSE, just under a unique inverted 'U' curve of branches on an old dead cottonwood 500 feet away by the lake. Today dawn was before 7 AM with suffused light all across the mostly clear sky. Sunrise from my vantage point had moved north to 110d ESE, a 7 degree shift northward in the month. A warm beautiful 65d day expected today before cold returning.
At 10 AM a small mob of 8-10 goldfinches have taken over the hanging seed feeder I replenished early this morning. Two or three are trying to exclude others from the feeder. The smart ones are in the grass below picking out the many seeds dropped below the feeder. The flicker is calling all around the apartment and appears to hang out around this area. Meadowlark with bright yellow chest and black 'v',  foraging in the grass around the fallen sugarberry trees.