Light rain wet the concrete at breakfast under a gray sky. The feeders were not very much in demand at first. Eventually the titmice arrived. I counted five at one time and some acted very naive so I suspect they were fledglings. The cardinals were still dating but a male finch showed up with a fledgling. The young one fed itself while still shivering its wings to induce a parent to feed it. That behavior must be connected with the feeling of food for the juvenile bird. Meanwhile, the adult carefully ignored the fledgling.
The second time a hummer appeared, it acted very anxious. It may have been a different female on the lookout for the first one.
Heavier rain fell later in the morning. The sky remained overcast till quite late in the day. K and I agreed there were two female hummingbirds. at dusk, I wasted time trying to photograph a firefly.
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