Rain in the night left everything wet, but the morning was just overcast. The wind was strong and gusty out of the South, bringing both warmth and wet. The wind also roughened the creek. One of the myrtle warblers was up early. The female downy soon followed. Then the female oriole took up watch over the dish where her jelly was supposed to be. I hastened to refill it. A red bellied woodpecker worked its way up the redwood trunk. There were bees on the camellia.
A light rain began before noon and continued intermittently for the rest of the day. The male oriole came for lunch. A Carolina wren poked its beak everywhere. White throated sparrows seemed happy with the wet mulch. A flock of blackbirds landed in the sweet gum but took off again almost immediately. A red breasted nuthatch hung head down from the feeder perch for five minutes. Pine warblers continued their assault on the suet. A house finch pair paid a visit to the seeds. Then the lurking red bellied woodpecker ventured away from the cover of the trees to get some suet. It wasn't long before he fled back to cover.
I got a quick glimpse of a pair of hoodies on the creek. A mallard pair and geese made up the rest of the day's waterfowl. There were occasional moments when the sun got through, but I saw no rainbows. In the early evening, a band of hard rain came through. I saw a moth on the kitchen window after dark.
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