Fog and rain

Warm wind from the South brought wet weather.  The dawn sky was full of drama and mist hung like smoke in the air.  A glimmer of sun was so pretty I stopped at the park and took pictures.  But by late morning it dissolved into rain.  All I saw on my errands were starlings on the traffic lights.  I bought some fancy suet blocks and a jelly feeder for orioles.

At lunch and during the afternoon the feeders stayed busy.  Rain always seems to bring the birds out.  The three regulars all came along with a titmouse.  White throats scurried on the ground.  Downy woodpeckers came for suet.  And two Carolina wrens got into everything - both feeders, leftovers on the patio, the grill, everywhere.  On the suet, the wren braced itself with its tail like a woodpecker.  Nothing moved on the creek except the rain. 

The afternoon grew colder and darker and the rain heavier. It finally tapered off but then fog returned around 9pm.