Perfect June morning

It's cool enough to have windows open to hear the birdsong.  A Carolina wren, a mourning dove, and a female hummer have joined the usual crowd.  I think the chickadee brought the family as there was much excitement about who would perch where.  They also made a fuss around the birdhouse.  A pair of squirrels raced across the yard and circled back across the roof.


It's getting warm fast.  The seed feeder is empty but a Carolina wren found some bits left.  The dragonflies have resumed their widdershins circling of the house.  A black swallowtail got all excited egging the herbs.   A cabbage butterfly passed through.  I think I identified a small mantis nymph on the gardenia.  The orb spider is still camped between the gardenia and the ferns - beware pollinators! 

The afternoon was full of fledglings.  The Carolina wrens were particularly bold - the fledglings are trying to feed themselves but haven't figured it out yet.  And then, the fox cubs appeared.  I believe there are two.  The birds were scolding so I went to peer over the fence and saw one.  Later two came up to the fence.  They seemed to be playing hide and seek.  I saw no sign of the parents - probably in exhausted sleep under the neighbors' gazebo.