A little before sunrise the egrets moved out from wherever they sleep.
They fan out flying high. Then, as they sort out fishing spots they fly
low over the water. An osprey also soared upstream before sunrise.
The finches showed up first and the house wrens got busy about the same
time. Chickadees and cardinals arrived just after sunrise. The squirrel with the white spot was up early. The sky is clear for now. A cicada killer cruised the patio. They are huge and ferocious-looking but harmless to humans.
I neglect to mention the sounds. The buzzing has already begun. Cicadas, crickets, and something that goes zooom-zoom endlessly with a twangy note. Plus the bird song, of course.
Skink sighted at lunch, hummer too. Late afternoon, a featureless gray overcast, then a wall of black out of the North. Wind gusts were scary. A couple of chickadees fought for possession of the feeder, ignoring the rain.
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