The day began with clouds pulling apart. Hoodies were out on the creek. A Carolina wren landed on the suet but didn't stay. The sky cleared and the day warmed up nicely. Bugs were out and I think I saw a dragonfly. But I was rushed with things to be done and it wasn't till late morning that I realized birds were flocking to the hackberry trees. Robins kept zipping around from tree to tree and branch to branch looking for easy-to-reach berries.
Other birds joined the feast - I saw a cardinal and a couple of blue jays. One blue jay had an odd beak, longer on the bottom than the top.
Then a flock of blackbirds descended upon us. There were red-wings and starlings, maybe others. They weren't picky and ate everything from berries to suet. White throated sparrows stayed on the ground and focused on sunflower seeds. The female downy was back for suet. A couple of crows were curious about what drew all the birds. A great blue heron fished below the dam and another tried its luck in the lake.
When the blackbirds flew over the house, I followed them to the front windows. There I saw a Carolina wren poking around the iris roots. A starling worked on the front feeder and a red winged blackbird tried to join it.
In the late afternoon, an ugly cloud blocked the sun and covered the North and West. But the moon pierced it and lit the edges. And before long the moon was floating in a cloudless sky.
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