When I got up, a kingfisher was already fishing. While we were eating breakfast a fish drive came around the bend in the creek down by the dam. As the birds flowed past us, I saw two great blue herons, at least a half dozen great egrets, several gulls, and innumerable cormorants. The rain began about the same time. Several hooded mergansers paddled around afterward, chasing and displaying. Downy woodpeckers and chickadees were the only birds visiting the patio. The whole fishing circus came through again about 9:30am.
Around 3pm glimmers of sunlight got through, temporarily. The kingfisher sat on the dock bench to eat her fish. I blinked and there was a crow sitting there instead, enjoying the fish. Mallards paddled by skimming whatever they eat from the water. When the hoodies returned so did the clouds and made the light too low for photos.
When I got up, a kingfisher was already fishing. While we were eating breakfast a fish drive came around the bend in the creek down by the dam. As the birds flowed past us, I saw two great blue herons, at least a half dozen great egrets, several gulls, and innumerable cormorants. The rain began about the same time. Several hooded mergansers paddled around afterward, chasing and displaying. Downy woodpeckers and chickadees were the only birds visiting the patio. The whole fishing circus came through again about 9:30am.
Around 3pm glimmers of sunlight got through, temporarily. The kingfisher sat on the dock bench to eat her fish. I blinked and there was a crow sitting there instead, enjoying the fish. Mallards paddled by skimming whatever they eat from the water. When the hoodies returned so did the clouds and made the light too low for photos. 
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