Curiously, the worst of the Northeaster hit Southwest of us, but the wind here has been very loud. Most of the day was just rainy but the wind picked up in the middle of the afternoon as the rain tapered off. I saw a bufflehead at breakfast, but not much else. The duck kept diving and spent little time on the surface.
After lunch, there was a flurry of bird activity as though they wanted to be well fed before the wind got too strong. A pelican fished in the creek but I couldn't get a clear photo through the rain. Then a pine warbler came for suet but it was intimidated by a downy woodpecker, and left. Then a titmouse arrived. Juncos and white throated sparrows foraged under the feeder. Even the red breasted nuthatch showed up. And when I opened the front door to let people in, a Carolina wren was dashing around on a porch crossbeam. But the rain made it hard to get a decent photo of any of the birds.
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