Gray

Rainfall in the morning was more than a shower, at last.  The female red bellied woodpecker reluctantly shared suet with a pine warbler.  Bluebirds preferred soggy barkbutter.  A squirrel demonstrated how to use a tail as an umbrella.  The new moon drove the tide up higher than average.  

The rain drizzled away and the afternoon was mostly dry except for the humidity.  Birds came in waves.  I suppose that in between the waves there were predators in the area.  A pileated woodpecker landed on the post but spooked when I reached for the camera.  Downy woodpeckers were more blasé.  A white throated sparrow dashed across the step.  A blue jay was obscured by dogwood buds.  In the camellia a Carolina wren studied the situation.  

Pine warblers and bluebirds stuffed themselves.  This winter, the yellow rumped warblers seem intimidated by the pine warblers instead of the other way around. The temperature stayed in the 60s till after dark, then began the descent into winter.