Dawn watch

Before the sun rose, the hummers were feeding.  Then came the chickadees.  After a bit, the finches got brave enough.  A Carolina wren chased bugs and seeds.  Four squirrels arrived.  The sun broke through and the cardinal pair appeared.  A couple of dragonflies buzzed the patio.  Down on the creek, egrets were fishing.  Ducks flew past. 

Yesterday Kathleen said she saw a tiny skink.  This morning I spied it in the grass, which was the same size.  It emerged on a rock where it was more visible.  The dawn was hot and now it's hit 100 before 10am.

Toward evening a pair of house finches got all excited by something on a tall weedy wild lettuce relative - bugs?  The plant is blooming with tiny dandelion-like flowers.