Warm and wet

After watching the great blue heron chase away intruders, I was surprised today to see two herons on our dock placidly grooming themselves within a couple of feet of each other.  One was much more brown than blue, probably a juvenile.  

Turtles were out on their logs.  A pair of hoodies glided upstream past the heron.  An egret fished below the dam.  And a pair of wood ducks shared the turtles' log. 

A mockingbird enjoyed the suet.  But with rain predicted, I didn't put out any barkbutter balls and many birds stayed away.  The rain began around 3:30pm.  Before that, the thermometer registered 75°.