Sticky and gray

The humidity is high though it's not much more than room temperature.  The feeder is mostly empty.  Only chickadees are interested.  White spot checked out the mulch.  I heard something on the feeder after dark last night, but it was intact this morning.  An osprey flew downstream.  I twice startled the bird that is nesting on the downspout.  Lots of cabbage butterflies are around. 

At lunch, the short tailed skink dashed madly across the steps.  A tiger swallowtail appeared.  Chickadees appreciated the refilled feeder.  There is intermittent sun and breeze but the humidity is fierce.  Some raindrops fell.  The clouds have turned to dramatic cumulus piles instead of uniform overcast. 

Today the female squirrel with the white spot seemed more interested in the male.  She let him chase her instead of driving him off.  But they got distracted with sunflower seeds.  Then the rain started right about quitting time. It has become a real downpour with thunder and lightning. But it only extended to Ballentine road, then blue sky.  Other people saw rainbows but not I.