The sky was dull and overcast, the creek gray and rough, and then it rained. Yesterday's rain had already filled the ant moat and the birdbath and expanded the pool puddle. I was gloomy because I missed getting a picture of a mockingbird. Plus the feral cat was hanging around, birdwatching. That did not deter the male pileated woodpecker from eating suet. Bluebirds cautiously snatched an occasional barkbutter ball. A female bluebird dared to seize fallen suet crumbs while I worried that the cat would pounce.
When the cat finally gave up, a blue jay came for a barkbutter ball, or three. Juncos came to forage under the seed feeder. A very colorless pine warbler hoped for some suet. House finches continued their romance. At least one myrtle warbler zipped around the trees. A brown headed nuthatch attempted a foray for a seed but ran into a house finch.
I'm pretty sure there were diving ducks on the creek, but they didn't cooperate with the camera. An egret below the dam was a much easier subject. And the photo revealed two drakes in the water above the dam - a mallard and a wood duck. No turtles were out on the logs. I heard crows and rushed to get the camera ready but was too slow to catch them chasing a hawk downstream.
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