Flash flood warning

It was room temperature at breakfast but went downhill from there.  The rain that began at sunset yesterday was still falling, courtesy of a cold front intersecting the remnant of Hurricane Eta. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning and asserted that we'd had 3" of rain.  At first the North-facing windows were dry, but mid morning the wind shifted and the rain intensified.

Titmice made repeated, hurried visits to the sunflower seeds.  The downy woodpeckers stayed with suet.  Then one of the titmice decided to have some suet too.  That didn't last long.  

I only saw mallards on the creek.  They did fit the cliche about weather that only a duck would love, but I don't think they loved it.  Three cormorants perched on the snag in the lake.  

I think the clouds must have thinned toward the end of the day.  The West glowed pink over half the sky though rain was still falling.  A couple of days later the newspaper report showed that about 5" fell altogether from the storm.  That put us about 20% above average for the year.