Rain

The sky darkened to the North and we had a downpour mid morning.  There had been rain over night as well.  The Fairy House program had to stay inside the library.  By mid afternoon it was still raining.  Geese made an effort to enter the pool.

Evening now and the rain has stopped but all is wet and the clouds continue to threaten.  A snail climbed on the wet window glass.  A Carolina wren hopped about the patio and the house wrens are working hard to keep their nestlings happy.  A chickadee came to the feeder and a squirrel pawed through the wet debris below. 

A medium sized spider is hanging outside the bathroom window where it was yesterday at this time.  I can't see the web but it is clearly working hard. It did not get washed out the water spout.

At supper, things got exciting.  Titmice showed up for the first time in weeks.  I think it was a fledgling chasing its parent.  At any rate, they had some disagreement with the finches over the feeder.  The youngster picked bugs out of the hummer feeder.  It may not be eating seeds yet.  Then two hummers showed up.  One chased the other away.  After a bit, what was clearly a clueless fledgling made several attempts to figure out the feeder.  It tried to come at it from underneath.  It perched but didn't find the holes.  It has dark feathers on the throat already.