Wet

Rain was off and on at breakfast.  White throats made brief forays to the seed feeder but yellow rumps stuck it out on the suet.  A few gulls flying over the creek completed the sightings.

A pine warbler visited the suet briefly at lunch.  Later a dove poked through the mulch.  Waves of rain continued to pass through. 

An interesting reclassification of birds based on genome research was reported in several science magazines.  Turns out eagles are closer to buzzards than to falcons which in turn are closer to songbirds.