Gray

The low light ruined many shots.  The dam outlet was still gushing, not surprising since the rainfall Sunday broke records: 6" in 90 minutes, though I think we got 3-4".  And the egrets, both snowy and great, and a heron continued to gather to fish in the turbulence.  In our yard, a yellow crowned night heron gulped something long and thin, an eel?  At first I thought worm because the heron was in the grass.

I saw two fledgling cardinals under the feeder.  The male goldfinch and a titmouse were scared off by cardinals.  Robins stayed in the trees.  One hummer chased another, then guarded the feeder from different angles in different trees.  A Carolina wren was disappointed by the empty dish.

A light rain began mid morning while at times the sun shone.  It was so humid outside that the camera lens stayed fogged over.   The sunflower continued to try to make seeds with increasingly smaller flowers.  A duskywing skipper fed on the mint during breaks in the rain but dragonflies mostly stayed under cover.  A skink also ventured out during a moment of sun.  A male towhee lurked under the feeder. 

There was a dark line of cloud across the South at lunchtime and a thunderstorm started just as we finished.  The rain came down really hard at first and continued steadily for over two hours.  It turned the wren's refilled dish to soup again.