A beautiful dawn.

Clouds in all direction were flushed with color.  In the West, they were sharp-edged lens shapes shading from peach to lavender.  Streaks in the North were more creamy.  The clouds have been thickening since but the sun is still shining.  I hear crows but the only visible birds are flying high.  Geese paddled upstream.  It is shirt-sleeve warm, very wet, and the windows were fogged. A sparrow hid in the rosemary. 

By mid-morning the sun was gone.  Rain sprinkled intermittently.  The feeder was empty and is now refilled.  Only some chickadees and a cardinal have noticed. Something is still feasting on gum balls, but I cannot make out what bird it is.  A pelican is fishing.  It flew over the dam but did not see anything in the fresh water and came back.  An egret is fishing above the dam - they don't seem to care about fresh or salt water. 

The rain came on more heavily with evening and then faded to mist in the night.  The temperature dropped quickly.