Nuthatch

Thin cloud cover is admitting weak sunlight.  Birds were busy around the feeder till something hawkish swooped through.  The white-throated sparrows and the juncos disappeared, but the chickadees and the read-breasted nuthatch soon came back.  The nuthatch has put on quite a show but it won't stay on the feeder when a chickadee lands. 

After lunch, a Carolina wren and some cardinals appeared.  A pelican patrolled the creek.  It is quite gray now. Rain began after dark.