Little wet wren

It sat on the top step and looked and looked, and finally dashed under the rosemary.   After a while, two nuthatches visited the feeder.

An occasional streak of blue appears between clouds.  A buzzard circled.  Chickadees and squirrels visited.  One squirrel was very curious about me.  It or another scooted its bottom on the pavement just like an itchy dog.  I've never seen that before.

Things perked up at lunch with the arrival of a flock of blackbirds.  Some fed on the gum-balls.  The flock included robins and jays which came to the birdbath to drink.  One red wing blackbird flashed its shoulders dramatically as it swooped in.  Doves also arrived.  Sparrows and juncos joined the chickadees and nuthatches.  A mockingbird flew to the redwood.

By the end of the day, the cloud cover broke into little puffs and streaks flowing East tinted by the setting sun.  Flocks of birds headed home.