Downhill temperature

The rain started before midnight. It is much cooler and wet and gray. And the prediction is that the temperature will continue to drop all day. Today the chickadees are hungry enough to come out anyway. The wind is quite strong - I saw leaves flying along level, headed upstream. And the creek is quite high.

There are dark cloud bands again today, but a lot more wind. At the moment, the rain has slacked off. The goose flock is outside the local elementary school today. Bet there will be little kids with goose poop on their shoes and knees. The skies cleared before sunset, leaving only the cold wind.

The rain has softened and opened the tiny cups I saw yesterday and they are clearly some variety of birds' nest fungi. I recognize the pie crust crimping of the edge of the cup and think these are Cyathus striatus. The cup shelters tiny puffballs containing spores that are released by raindrops. These puffballs are the "eggs" in the "nest."