Still gray

Everything's wet and there are drops on the windows, but it is not actually raining.  The first thing I saw was an osprey flying upstream with a fish.  A heron was perched on the dock.  Gulls and crows have been flying around, and another osprey flew downstream, empty-taloned.  Some sparrows have ventured out.

A titmouse sat in the dogwood grooming itself.  Then the day brightened with almost sunshine. On my way back from an errand, I saw a mockingbird in a weeping cherry.  The tree trunks are mottled with green - the lichens are liking this weather.  There are definite signs of buds bursting and some ornamentals are flowering.  Pelicans cruised the creek and one again sat on the dock across from us.  And then, around 11:30 rain started up again.

The afternoon brought bands of misty rain and sun, but no rainbows.  Well, a hint of one behind the trees.  A herring gull and a great blue heron stood back to back on the dock while a pelican flew by.