Dreary and drippy

Everything is wet.  Some drops splash in the birdbath but they may be blown off leaves rather than fresh rain.  A chickadee, a pair of cardinals, two wrens, a male finch, a male towhee, a dove, some juncos, more sparrows, and squirrels are breakfasting.  Three egrets passed over the dam headed South together.  The cloud cover is lighter at the horizon but full of more water.

The squirrel in back has got a dirty nose from rooting in the mulch.  It chased off the other repeatedly. 

The sky got very dramatic with gusty wind shoving the clouds around.  A cardinal rode the feeder while it swung all the way back to the pole. 

We scarcely got lunch out of the grill before a wren was hopping around inside inspecting it.