Clouds and sun and rain

K refilled the feeder which pleased the finches.  A white breasted nuthatch also stopped in briefly.  At least, I think that's what I saw - might have been a titmouse. 

At lunch, a Carolina wren shared the feeder with cardinals and chickadees. Afterward, A pileated woodpecker buzzed the feeder causing hysterics.  I believe two more pileateds joined it over in the oaks and pines.  Then both adult towhees came to check out what had fallen.  Meanwhile a couple of squirrels spent more time chasing than eating.  The sky is very changeable with cumulus piling up and then clearing off.  It is dark in the East.

Mid afternoon the rain began.  Titmice and towhees didn't mind till it got heavy.  When the rain slacked off three Carolina wrens came to feed. A hummer came several times.  And a great crested flycatcher appeared in the cherry, flew over to the redwood, and then out of sight.   One titmouse preferred to stay and hammer its seed right on the perch, till a cardinal surprised it.

Tonight is the actual night when the full moon is particularly close to Earth, but It's still overcast.  The sunset was a delicate watercolor of cream and gray. What with the rain, I forget to hang the rock earlier.  When I hurried out with it the raccoon was already there.  So much for negative reinforcement.