After a warm, sunny morning, the rain passed through in waves and the temperature plummeted. The birds were almost frantic to get fed before the storm. I had jury-rigged the barkbutter dish with a rubber band (which provided some extra excitement) because the suet was almost gone. Bluebirds and Carolina wrens were not deterred by the rain, at first.
A brown thrasher tried to dry out between rain bands. White throated sparrows showed up between rains. They'd managed to stay dry somewhere.
A yellow crowned night heron perched just above the water on a saltbush limb as the rain fell. Afterward, a great egret preened on a fallen tree on the lake. The sky cleared before sunset.
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