Warm

It was a mostly cloudy day. Sparrows, the yellow rumped warbler, red breasted nuthatches, and downy woodpeckers were busy with their breakfast.  On the creek, hooded mergansers, ruddy ducks, and cormorants fished.  A great blue heron landed on the dam outfall then stalked out of sight toward the lake.  The oriole and titmice came late. 

After lunch, I spied a female kingfisher on the dock bench with a fish.  While she struggled, a heron waited below the dam.  A female bufflehead paddled around as did several ruddy ducks.  Then a pair of hoodies came along close to the bank with their heads in the water as though they were dabbling ducks.

There were a few moments of sun  in the late afternoon.  After dark I saw the waxing moon and a planet through a veil of cloud.