Cloudy

The sky at breakfast was more white than blue and the sunshine was muted.  The only bird I saw was a fishing cormorant. The mulch was wet and drips hung from the feeder - dew or rain?

In the late morning there was some sun.  Finches, chickadees, and a titmouse visited the feeder.  I put peanut bits out on the patio but only squirrels found them.  Canada geese were all over the yard across the creek.  A buzzard circled over the creek, as did numerous gulls.

The clouds moved in from the West and congealed in the afternoon.  Pintails and ruddy ducks appeared.  Then the rain started.

Sometime after 4pm, the sky began to clear and looked very dramatic.  Then a thunderstorm swept in.  A cardinal and some other birds, possibly finches, visited as the sky was going dark, but cleared out before the lightening.  The sky cleared again for twilight. This picture was just before the thunderstorm.