>> This is fantastic, thank you so much for writing it up and posting the photographs. <<

*bow, flourish* Happy to be of service. I thought a bunch of people would be posting but I haven't seen much else, so it's good that I did.

>> We were completely clouded out <<

Alas!

>> it did get colder and windier, <<

I noticed that the wind kicked up close to totality because the drop in sunlight affected temperatures. Forgot to mention that.

>> There was something else far off that might have been a red-winged blackbird, but I am not actually sure if they are back yet.<<

Mine have been back for at least a month, way early for them. Listen to their sounds here and compare with what you heard. That's how I figured out which owl I heard.