West wind

Enough rain fell last night to fill the birdbath and drown the bark butter.  A song sparrow and a white throated sparrow foraged in the mulch at breakfast but there wasn't enough light.  The wind kept feeder birds to a minimum.  Also there were predators.  

A gust of wind sent a cloud of leaves swirling around the feral cat.  It had been sitting in the sun on the pool cover and I was getting ready to take a photo when the wind blew it away.  Later a hawk lumbered off over the yard headed for Saw Pen Point.

I saw great blue herons flying over the creek and mallards and geese feeding in the water.  A little flock of hoodies paddled upstream. Some insects battled the wind to get to the camellia flowers and one looked like it spent the night.