All day rain

The rain spotted and streaked the North windows making the camera unable to focus.  Most suet-loving birds except the red bellied woodpeckers shifted over to the bark butter balls.  A female downy was on that feeder when a brown thrasher tried to land.  She stood her ground and the brown thrasher backed down.  After the downy left, a blue jay settled in.  I saw a Carolina wren visit briefly.  A brown thrasher which seemed quite awkward also tried to land on the hummer feeder.  They don't manage well off the ground. I saw just a flick of feathers at the entrance to the bluebird house.

As predicted, it began to clear in the late afternoon, but by then I was busy so I didn't see any thing. The creek was flat as a mirror at dusk.