Since
Skywatch Friday conflicts with other scheduled posts on this blog, I usually do not participate. Today, though, I have some sky photos left from a walk after yesterday's rain storm. When I looked at radar maps in the late afternoon, the storm seemed to be ending, so I walked down to the nearby park to do a little birdwatching. Apparently I misread the radar because shortly after I arrived, the clouds opened and rain started pouring down. I had worn my rain-proof shell, so I did not get too wet, but the downpour dampened my birding prospects.
Soon enough, the rain stopped, and instead of birds, I started watching the light. When the rain clouds parted, the sky became a mix of grays, whites, and blues – in some cases dramatic and in others subtle. There were, of course, birds at the park; robins and juncos were singing all around me when there was no rain. The usual Canada Geese and Mallards patrolled the waterways, and I saw a Tree Swallow zip past along the river. There were no rainbows that I could see. but I heard of them appearing elsewhere.
Below are a few sky photos from the walk.
![Clouds breaking over the river](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vsTsAYwEkAglJl5ihllw4TONvVFBmUH9jL91AiHt1yRF6q7P2t4P_nqPdLHxDgsqKrFHJXd_7FL2_t3q_vPiQ-cEK-Yla8S9dMNw3MBNW6Cu2y6OQyFJL9a9WzzKy8N-yyCLME=s0-d)
![Dramatic clouds](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_shBC-DPNTNQrIxjKS4WlHmAz1tK6-QNq9FEoFMNa-SREAowXqxLtKKOlkGeIjyxGenTN03uZxdyFHxJLwqlHyeSczi0Z6GXc_A0ITdKowz1ZKA8tX4aWheXveHNqmmc9mWwZ7A=s0-d)
![Sky over willows](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_syLN5Q-YZBnlvnLtiSrAkiX3hoMfdX4JQfVdLBOv2tapqkfShgaDdRpULOW1FrjS6uBYoIPa3v8VXm1YhsYW0x7pwuq21rSq0D5wyI4DNXEJ9ZQjZa3S37prJMlm8Wc00qp2bR=s0-d)
There are more park photos at
my Flickr account.