More grayness

It's warmer and less windy, but still wet and gray.  Cardinals and chickadees visited the feeder.  A song sparrow scurried below.  A catbird poked at the grass then flew into the bushes.  An egret flew upstream.

There was a downpour around 1pm.  When that was over I went outside to check on the creek - even higher than yesterday.  The tops of the boat-mooring posts are barely visible in the photo. 

Two kingfishers were swooping and scolding.  Something up in the oak tree made a ratchety cry.   A couple of Carolina wrens ran up and down the dogwood trunk.  Blue jays, mockingbirds and flickers are still hanging out in the bushes.  The song sparrow, having remained dry through the Northeaster, decided it was time for a bath.  A V-formation of geese headed East. A few bumblebees struggled with the wet rosemary.