Rainy day

I don't know when the rain started but the birdbath was full this morning.  It's a quiet rain, sometimes no more than drizzle.  A Carolina wren poked into the bushes and hopped around the patio.  It looked skinny, maybe because the temperature is warmer and it doesn't need to fluff up?  A titmouse or two came to the feeder along with the regulars and the sparrows.  There are bugs flitting around.

Forsythia is blooming along the fence.  A squirrel took advantage of a lull in the rain to they to open the feeder.  It slipped and caught itself on the perch and proceeded to acrobatics.  Another is denuding the top of the red cedar, presumably for nesting.

A glimmer of sunlight appeared at lunch but was soon chased off by dark clouds and returning rain.  An egret swooped down to the shore where it was out of my sight.