Clouds and sun

A song sparrow and a Carolina wren joined the regulars for breakfast.  There are lots of clouds but the sun is finding breaks.  K said one of the squirrels appeared to be injured. 

Now that I've see the squirrel, I think it's a bad itch of some sort.  The poor squirrel was scratching and biting its shoulder. 

Meanwhile, we were flooded with doves, one of which has a white tail.  The song sparrow is still foraging under the peavine.  A titmouse visited the feeder.  Blue jays are up in the trees.  A woodpecker hid in the wild cherry - a hairy or a sapsucker.  A flicker perched high in the sweet gum. 


A tiger swallowtail fooled me with its convincing imitation of a leaf drifting on the breeze. Mid-afternoon, a black swallow took an interest in the rue.