There were strong wind gusts in the morning that threw leaves everywhere. Sprinkles of rain fell at 10am, then sunshine returned, then around 11am a downpour blew through from the South. From then on, we had rain, downpours in waves with steady rain in between, making a very dark day. The thermometer appeared to be stuck at 65°. Out on the creek, the bufflehead drake was accompanied by a female. The cormorants flew their usual commute,
A small flock of pine warblers seemed to be everywhere. I saw the orange crowned warbler among them. The male oriole was satisfied with my new arrangement for grape jelly. Other birds were intrigued by it. And a female oriole showed up wanting to share. He pushed her off.
Bluebirds made brief visits to the barkbutter balls. White throated sparrows kicked mulch. On examining my photos, I concluded that one of the sparrows was a young chipping sparrow. The mockingbird was not happy about eating in the rain. A brown headed nuthatch chose this miserable day to visit. A Carolina wren was dragging its usually perky tail. I spotted a blue jay up on a branch. A junco came to forage for fallen seeds.
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