Looking for Robins

With apologies to those of you experiencing cold and snow, our weather has been mild and rainy. Rainy means overcast--continuous, perpetual overcast. Overcast means no sun, no moon, no stars--and no sun, no sun at all. Some might say it has been downright gloomy.This recent shot of Bass lake is typical. Beautiful, but, well, kind of gloomy.

So when I was downstairs in my office this afternoon and a shaft of sunlight suddenly splashed against the wall, I grabbed my point and shoot and dashed outside. Ah, what a lovely interlude.

I went back inside and kept my camera handy. Then, just before sunset, I went out again hoping for a little color. There was just a little.

And there was a hawk.

And then I heard a Robin chirping away down by the river, so I went down to find it.

This is the first Robin I've seen this year. I'll leave it to you to decide whether it's a sign of Spring or global warming. It seemed fat and healthy, and perhaps lonely. I saw no others, and no others answered its calls. At least this one will get the worm.

I was close to the river, so I went on down and took a few shots. It was going down until this most recent rain, which lasted four days straight. Now it's up again.

The forecast calls for a partly sunny day on Sunday, but clouds were rolling in again when I went inside. The rain is supposed to hold off for a few days, but it will be mostly cloudy. Daytime temperatures will hang around the mid-forties.

The weather at Rocky Ford Creek this week is supposed to be partly sunny with temperatures in the mid-to-upper-fifties. Guess I'll go down there and look for Robins.