Overcast

House finches visited the feeder and I glimpsed a blue jay in the bushes.  I rehung the hummer feeder with fresh juice.  Rain sprinkles fell at 9am.  A grackle strutted along the pool edge.

I saw mockingbirds outside the recreation center.  When I came home the rain was heavier but still not enough to fill the birdbath.  Cardinals and chickadees visited the feeder.

The birdbath did fill in the course of the afternoon.  Toward evening the rain stopped and there were cracks in the cloud cover that the sun edged through.  A pair of doves foraged in the wet mulch, while the male inflated his neck the way amorous pigeons do.