Misty

Canada geese paddled upstream and there were some ruddy ducks out on the creek.  The feeder was quiet.  An hour later, the wren was chirping on the gas hose.  Mallards crash-landed on the creek. 

Lunch brought birds and rain.  A female towhee and titmice joined the two sparrow species and the three regulars.  The titmouse and a cardinal tipped the feeder shut and sat there puzzled.  A squirrel dug something thawed & soggy, but apparently edible, out of the birdbath. Ruddy ducks and geese continued to paddle around. 

At dusk tonight I saw the flock of crows that swirls around the 64/264 interchange come to roost in trees just south of Leigh Hospital.  Later the first quarter moon appeared.