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Cardinals competing with finches for the feeder while sparrows forage in the mulch.  The wind is still strong.  It chills but it does counteract biting insects. Despite a couple of blinks of sun, the sky is still white at noon. 

At lunch, a crow drank from the pool cover, turning its head on the side to get its beak into the shallow water.  Not much else is happening.  I'd better check the feeder again.  Sigh.  A mallard drake walked across the pool cov3r and down the hill. 

K refilled the feeder and the usual birds showed up for supper.  A wren paused briefly.  A male cardinal picked up spilled seeds on the concrete.   I took no more photos.  It is still gray.