Gloomy and gusty

A streamer of geese flew downstream.  A few bumblebees are visiting flowers.

The cooler weather is bringing wildlife inside, including this roach I found waiting at the door.  In the summer they live in the mulch. My guess is that it's an American cockroach.  The exterminator agrees.

Birds showed up in the late morning: a dove, a bluejay, the fledgling cardinal, and some finches.  The cardinal pushed the finches off the feeder.  Its beak is starting to turn adult orange.

The highly complex webs in the azalea by the patio are made by basilica spiders.  They pull an orb into a dome and then hang it from a patternless complex of struts like a cobweb. Above it is one thick cord of silk from which hang the egg sacs. 

Toward evening the sky cleared somewhat and the clouds were a lovely pink at sunset.