Gray and windy

Sunrise was rosy and there was sunshine briefly, but then the sun rose into the overcast.  Birds were scarce, just some titmice and the warbler and they didn't hang around, maybe because of the wind.  Geese once again attempted to move in but K said NO.  I hung the repaired birdhouse.  The dead dogwood limb I was using in previous years broke off, so I moved the feeder over to the cherry.  K and I went back out to look at some holes in the ground.  I heard a kingfisher cussing and saw it flying away.  The light seemed somewhat brighter in the late morning despite the solid cloud cover.

Around noon, the clouds broke apart for moments of sun or sky.  A half dozen chickadees chased each other around the trees. A strong NE wind pushed the clouds back together.  White throated sparrows joined us at lunch.  The chickadees discovered the mealworm dish and proceeded to have a three course meal: sunflower, suet, mealworm.  Titmice were back for seeds, and a cardinal pair came as well.  And the male downy woodpecker finally came back to the suet.  A lone junco foraged in the mulch.  It felt very cold outside. 

I saw a chickadee poke its head out of the birdhouse in the middle of the afternoon.  A sprinkle of rain fell a little after 3pm. A couple of osprey circled but didn't dive. Then real rain began.  After it stopped the wind dried the window quickly. But there was more rain before sunset.