The temperature dropped steadily all day. There wasn't all that much rain but the wind gusts were scary. Wind pushed the tide over the dock and made me glad we were coming up on a first quarter, not a full moon. There were real waves on the creek. Gusts caught the hanging suet like a sail and swung it so far that water slopped out of the ant moat. The birds were grounded and the birdhouse I'd intended to mend was broken beyond repair.
By afternoon the rain had stopped and birds tried to get some nourishment.The seed feeder regulars came out, along with a yellow rumped warbler, downy and red bellied woodpeckers, the two brown thrashers, bluebirds, and blue jays.
Pelicans flew along the creek while egrets and herons fished from the shallows. At the dam outlet, a great blue heron made an egret move to the other side. Another egret perched on the dock bench. I tried to photograph the crescent moon but I was too cold to hold the camera steady.
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