Rainy 1st day of GBBC

The rainfall was light during the day and the temperature stayed in the upper 60s till dark, but the afternoon was breezy.  A few mallards and geese were all the waterbirds I saw.  A couple of turtles soaked up the last of the warm spell. The dwarf daffodils began blooming. 

Feeder birds finally appeared after lunch. I counted a pair of house finches, a blue jay, three female orioles, a pair of bluebirds, two yellow rumped warblers and a titmouse.  Later I saw a starling.  Just before dark, a band of hard rain pushed through and the temperature fell.  But by 8pm it was only half way to the predicted hard freeze.