At breakfast, a hoodie drake paddled down the creek. He was the only color in an expanse of gray water. An egret used a dock post to keep an eye on the mallards and to preen. A great blue heron lurked beside the neighbors' dock. Gusts of wind sprinkled the water with gold leaf.
After a wet morning there was sun in the early afternoon. Right around noon birds showed up. I saw a bluebird a Carolina wren, and a white throated sparrow for certain. Then they all flew off so I don't know what the other birds were. It happened too fast for pictures. A pine warbler took advantage to get some suet.
Later, a bufflehead fished near the end of the dock. Around 3pm a menacing cloud rolled out of the Northeast. It didn't do anything and was gone in an hour but by then sunset was near. In the twilight, at least three white throats and a pair of cardinals foraged around the birdbath. I dragged the peppers back into the garage because the temperature was dropping.
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