Wet

Pelicans flew by and at least one dived in front of us, but my only photos were of the one perched on the navigation sign.  I saw buffleheads and hoodies but got no clear pictures.  I did catch a cormorant about to sprint across the water.  The creek was flat but reflections were gray and there was trash floating with the tide.  Even when the rain was over, drying out took all day.  It did make the moss and lichens green.  The dog kept hoping that if we went outside, K would come home.  It was too wet to sit. 

Warblers, orioles, bluebirds, and a Carolina wren showed up as soon as I dumped water and put food out.  The female orioles disputed precedence with each other but always let the male go first.  But they also ate barkbutter balls and suet.  

 Hungry goldfinches were bullied by house finches.  The house finches even ejected a brown headed nuthatch.  When one finally got a chance at the feeder, it was rude to a chickadee. Between goldfinches, pine warblers, and female orioles, there were too many birds with olive-yellow backs, and black & white barred wings.  Eventually one goldfinch scrounged for seeds on the ground.  White throated sparrows were foraging there too.  

The downy woodpecker stayed focused on suet.  The mockingbird, on the other foot, refused to go near the suet cage and stuck to barkbutter balls.  The pileated woodpecker returned and no one argued with him.