Wind hammered rain on the windows before dawn. The rain continued on and off all day though the wind did not. Meteorologists had been predicting an apocalyptic storm to the North, using words like "
bombogenesis." Tropical storm Philippe, which appeared to be the cause of our rain, is predicted to join a cold front (Southward loop of the jet stream) and cause air pressure to plunge.
The regulars - cardinals, house finches, and chickadees - were hungry enough to visit the feeder. Titmice and a downy woodpecker showed up in the afternoon. A foraging squirrel (the one with the white tail) had her tail in umbrella mode. She had stuffed her cheeks like a chipmunk, maybe so she wouldn't have to come back out into the rain.
Wind hammered rain on the windows before dawn. The rain continued on and off all day though the wind did not. Meteorologists had been predicting an apocalyptic storm to the North, using words like "bombogenesis." Tropical storm Philippe, which appeared to be the cause of our rain, is predicted to join a cold front (Southward loop of the jet stream) and cause air pressure to plunge. 
The regulars - cardinals, house finches, and chickadees - were hungry enough to visit the feeder. Titmice and a downy woodpecker showed up in the afternoon. A foraging squirrel (the one with the white tail) had her tail in umbrella mode. She had stuffed her cheeks like a chipmunk, maybe so she wouldn't have to come back out into the rain. 
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