Rain

At breakfast, a white throated sparrow poked through the mulch.

Later, a few finches came to the seed feeder.  Then a red tailed hawk swooped through.  It came back a few minutes later, but both times I was not ready to take a photo.  Several egrets and a great blue heron flew over the creek.  A male hooded merganser put in a very brief appearance.  The windows were too streaked with rain for the camera.

By mid-afternoon, the birds and squirrels began to ignore the rain and wind.  Chickadees went for both feeders while finches stuck to the sunflower seeds.  Then the woodpeckers came for the suet.  Meanwhile squirrels seemed to be everywhere.