Overcast

Dawn was streaked with pink clouds but gray clouds gradually covered the sky.  A breeze kept leaves twirling down.  A flock of cormorants were out on the creek before it was fully light.  They didn't seem to be fishing, just paddling downstream.  There were slug tracks on the patio.  A Carolina wren found the mealworms and pigged out, returning for more throughout the morning.

Then I saw something totally unexpected - a hummingbird trying to get nourishment from the camellias.  It was gone before I could get the camera on it so I have no proof.  Meanwhile, the hermit thrush sat on the grass beside the sakaki.  Egrets and geese were out on the creek.

The male downy woodpecker appeared after lunch.  Around that time, the air over the creek began to be misty.  Nothing much happened after that.  The darkening day merged into night.