Clouds and sun

Either the sun is shining on heavy clouds or here's blue sky with no sun because the clouds have moved East.  The usual feeder birds were joined by a nuthatch as they jostled and pecked for space on the perch.  At one moment the nuthatch joined a cardinal and a finch and proved to be the last straw.  Doves have been hanging around.Hairstreaks are everywhere - they seem more interested in the pea vine tendrils than the flowers.  I also saw sulphurs and swallowtails and some very fast dragonflies.  Also the wasp I think is a cicada killer.  I wish one would pause for a photo!

The sky cleared in the afternoon.  Cormorants seem to have a lot of traveling to do - they fly in all directions all day.  Laughing gulls pass up or down the creek alone.   A dove checked out the area below the feeder and then settled in for a siesta.  Then a squirrel appeared and acted like it had never seen a dove before.  It circled and then crept forward the way a dog does with something unfamiliar.  The dove swelled up as big as it could.  The squirrel moseyed off and then suddenly a sharp shinned hawk swooped out of the trees across the pool and skimmed above the feeder.  It did not seem to see the dove in the mulch.  And I just sat with my mouth open.