Miserable weather

The wind from the North drove the rain against the windows, making it hard to see, much less take pictures.  And, of course the light was poor.  I think the birds were sheltering in place till they got too hungry.  Anyway, at breakfast I counted a chickadee, a yellow rumped warbler, a downy woodpecker, a pair of house finches, three white throated sparrows, a Carolina wren, and a mallard duck.  

At lunch there were three white throated sparrows, a yellow rumped warbler, a Carolina wren, a goldfinch, two Canada geese, two pelicans, a cardinal, and a red bellied woodpecker.  When the woodpecker pushed off, the ant moat dumped on the suet.  In the late afternoon the rain slacked off so I went to see if birds would come out, but the feral cat was there, waiting.  Sigh.