Cold rain

The light was poor and the birds were in a hurry.  I was able to hustle bark butter balls out to the feeder before the rain began.  But more birds were interested in the dwindling nub of suet.  A Carolina wren and a pine warbler shared suet, briefly.  Then the downy took over.  A mockingbird had quite a struggle to reach the suet, but persisted. 

Bluebirds did want bark butter balls. So did blue jays, brown thrasher(s?), and the red bellied woodpecker.  Once again a goldfinch came and watched and didn't eat.  

The white throated sparrow was joined on the ground by the song sparrow and, I think, a pine siskin.  The rain continued all day but the birds did not.