Heavy rain fell at breakfast. A mockingbird, the female red bellied woodpecker, titmice, a pair of cardinals, and a couple of warblers were hungry enough to ignore the weather. The suet gave a warbler no shelter but at least it didn't get soggy. The mockingbird kept shaking water off its feathers, but the barkbutter dish was flooded. The overhang on the seed feeder kept the red bellied woodpecker drier. When the cardinal got a turn it wouldn't share with a titmouse.
The rain trailed off after lunch. White throated sparrows picked at suet crumbs. A Carolina wren tried each feeder before giving up. A pelican flew past. I went to a program that was not what I expected and mostly a waste of time. But by 4pm, surfaces were beginning to dry. Sunlight occasionally found a path through the clouds. Though the wind stayed gusty, the creek grew placid. A pair of buffleheads paddled downstream.
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