Rain

The rain began in the night and continued off-and-on through most of the day.  It was mostly gentle except in the late morning when the sky got quite dark.  Toward evening a little sun slipped under the clouds.  Bluebirds wanted breakfast but the dishes were covered because of the rain.  They settled for seeds but had to wait on a cardinal.  A Carolina wren preferred suet but also took seeds.  

The mockingbird pair perched together on the suet cage.  At lunchtime a brown headed nuthatch visited the seed feeder.  Then the red bellied woodpecker with the patchy forehead had seeds.  A squirrel did his best to rob the feeders but the counterweight protected the seeds and hot pepper the suet.