Sunrise was pretty with buttery clouds but now the sky is almost covered. The clouds look quilted with bits of blue where the stitching would go. More hot squirrel action this morning. A male was following white spot but she may still be nursing. In any case, she was not interested. Other squirrels concentrated on breakfast. I need to deal with the hummer feeder ants.
When I came home a little before noon a dark storm front lay across the Southern sky. To the North blue sky had piled up cumulus. An hour and a half later the front reached us and rain began. Before that, I saw a tiger swallowtail, the short tailed skink, Carolina wrens, chickadees, Cardinals and house finches. I dumped the hummer juice and candied ants. I put drier lint around the hook to see if that would stop the ants. Here's the skink ignoring the dead ants. The cardinals hung around till the rain got too heavy.
Rain and sun alternated through the afternoon. When we got home a brown thrasher came to inspect the mulch. The usual suspects were on the feeder. Something had carried off the ant corpses. And geese had been right up to the door, judging by what they left on the patio.
When I came home a little before noon a dark storm front lay across the Southern sky. To the North blue sky had piled up cumulus. An hour and a half later the front reached us and rain began. Before that, I saw a tiger swallowtail, the short tailed skink, Carolina wrens, chickadees, Cardinals and house finches. I dumped the hummer juice and candied ants. I put drier lint around the hook to see if that would stop the ants. Here's the skink ignoring the dead ants. The cardinals hung around till the rain got too heavy. 
Rain and sun alternated through the afternoon. When we got home a brown thrasher came to inspect the mulch. The usual suspects were on the feeder. Something had carried off the ant corpses. And geese had been right up to the door, judging by what they left on the patio. 
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