There was drizzle at first, then mist so thick it might as well have been fog. The creek was flat. The moisture made lichens vivid. A brown thrasher threshed the mulch under the sakaki. Pine warblers tried to occupy the suet. I noticed that one of them seemed brown, though paler than what I saw yesterday. Still I suspect it was the mystery bird. Bluebirds wondered why I didn't put barkbutter balls out to become mush. Red bellied and downy woodpeckers managed to get some suet.
The cat settled in by the corner of the house but seemed to be after something on the ground. Finally it gave up. A Carolina wren was content with barkbutter in a tub. Then a white breasted nuthatch came for suet. It was quite determined and returned each time another bird left. Yellow rump warblers were not about to be left out. I saw a white throated sparrow up in a tree.
An odd looking duck landed on the water and turned into a female bufflehead. A great blue heron swooped past to land on a downstream dock. A Northern shoveler floated on the lake. A hoodie drake sped upstream and al I got was a blur.
A very large bird landed fairly high in the trees. Unfortunately, twigs closer to me confused the camera. Its silhouette seemed to have a full sized head, not featherless, but the beak was wrong for a raptor. It might have been a black vulture.
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