Intermittent rain

A brief moment of sun and blue, but now it's back to light rain.  A mushroom hidden under the hibiscus has swollen and flipped up its gills.  A Carolina wren was prospecting back there.  Titmice and finches have been quarreling over the feeder.  The mangy-looking cardinal and a hummer also came during the break in the rain.

Black cloud bands, lightning, and a blinding downpour hit on the way to Norfolk, leaving lots of street flooding with sheets of water flowing across Colley.  Even after lunch, the clouds still look dramatic.  But lots of butterflies are busy in the yard, including a large dark one on one of the big paulownia leaves.  Bees and wasps are also busy, and mosquitoes.  The birdhouse is quite noisy.  Two kingfishers patrolled the creek and, on hearing them, the birdhouse went quiet.

It seems to have cleared off now but it is still windy. Cormorants are conducting aerial maneuvers and crows are commenting.