Cool mist

The temperature dropped overnight.  Fog or mist came and went and came again all day long.  A flurry of birds arrived after breakfast.  A goldfinch was startled off and did not return.  White throats and a song sparrow, Carolina wrens, downy woodpeckers, and the usual trio of chickadees, cardinals and house finches were soon back.  One wren was catching something in the camellia.  Wind gusts roughened the creek.  The rose finally began to turn brown 18 days after the bud began to open. 

The birds were thick after lunch.  Juncos joined the sparrows and wrens.  A blue jay and later a mockingbird visited the beautyberry bush.  A red bellied woodpecker kept flitting around the edges of the yard.  Buzzards circled.  A flock of something worked on the gum balls.  A cormorant and a bufflehead fished.

By 4pm it was almost too dark for the camera.  Cormorants were already headed home.  Wrens, sparrows, and juncos looked for an early supper.  The song sparrow bullied the juncos.