Weather went downhill

We started out at room temperature even though the sky was gray.  But that was the high point and the chill set in quickly.  Mallards napped on the dock. Something yanked berries off dogwood branches but I never got a good look at it. 

At lunchtime I discovered a Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) clinging to the wall.  K showed me a wheelbug that had gotten trapped between window and screen.  I persuaded it to leave.  By then fine rain was spitting drops on the window.  In the afternoon I had some errands but I left them too late and had to deal with real rain driven on cold wind gusts.  The few feeder birds looked miserable.