A great blue heron fished beside the dock. Buffleheads floated on the surface. White throated sparrows foraged on the ground, cardinals on the seed feeder, downy woodpeckers and titmice on the suet. But photography was not an option.
In the afternoon there was more light and, though the rain continued, it no longer streaked the North windows. A squirrel washed its face after nosing the wet mulch. A downy acted like the suet arrangement was new to him - I think he was a different male from the one this morning. A pine warbler did not figure out how to get suet, alas. Chickadees and Carolina wrens did. The regulars all came for seeds, along with titmice. Juncos foraged with the white throats. A bluebird and a blue jay made up for the lack of blue sky.
A pelican flew downstream and a few gulls circled. I could make out an egret hunched in the fallen tree on the lake bank as the rain became more like mist.
In the afternoon there was more light and, though the rain continued, it no longer streaked the North windows. A squirrel washed its face after nosing the wet mulch. A downy acted like the suet arrangement was new to him - I think he was a different male from the one this morning. A pine warbler did not figure out how to get suet, alas. Chickadees and Carolina wrens did. The regulars all came for seeds, along with titmice. Juncos foraged with the white throats. A bluebird and a blue jay made up for the lack of blue sky.
A pelican flew downstream and a few gulls circled. I could make out an egret hunched in the fallen tree on the lake bank as the rain became more like mist. 
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