Blazing sunrise, gray day

I did not have a camera with me when the sun came up.  There were a lot of clouds, but they were individually distinct with sky between.  First they were red to rosy-gray, then orange-gold.  The whole sky was colored as I drove West. 

When I came back around 10am, the clouds had merged into pervasive grayness.  Chickadees and sparrows were feeding along with a squirrel when I got home.  The creek appeared empty of activity.  It is still warm.

Hooded mergansers paddled upstream.  Right at 1pm the rain began.