But not raining as much, and we actually had bits of blue sky today. Thursday's total was just over 1/4 inch, and it rained a little yesterday but not enough for me to get an amount from. Then this morning we had a downpour for a while, and garnered another 0.15 inch.
The fledged phoebes have been returning to our house each night this week, perching on lights and open windows and insisting that mama phoebe come feed them. We don't remember the younguns hanging around this long last year and have been wondering if it has something to do with the cool temperatures and wet weather. We certainly are not seeing as many flying insects right now as we were a couple of weeks ago, so maybe it's just harder for the fledglings to become skilled hunters. We like seeing them around, though, and have been trying to be careful not to scare them off their perches once the sun goes down.