Rain and wind

It looks like this weather will last a while.  A pair of cardinals sheltered on the feeder perch, even though their combined weight closed the food trough.  The feeder has an overhang to keep the rain off.  Chickadees also came out for breakfast.  It is gloomy and the glass is streaky with rain.  So I checked on the front porch menagerie.  The argiope is busy spinning but the wasps are just hunkered down around their paper comb. 

It fluctuates between steady rain and heavy, wind-lashed downpour with visible gusts blowing up the creek.  Said creek is over the bulkhead and there are waves in the grass. 

During one of the lulls of just rain, blue jays and flickers rushed around the grass pecking.  I presume they were after worms and grubs flushed to the surface, though I suppose they might have been after acorns.  The usual suspects keep visiting the feeder whenever the wind slackens. The song sparrow made a brief foray to the pea vine but rain-streaked glass ruined the photos. 

The tide's been over the banks for four hours.