First up was a hungry brown thrasher which found and hammered something in the mulch. A fledgling finch tried out the feeder. A house wren came to the feeder area - I wish I could put out mealworms for the insect eaters. The male cardinal continues to worry about its reflection in the pool.
Mid morning, a big dragonfly buzzed around the patio but never paused to be identified. A cabbage butterfly also made the rounds. Then I saw a goose periscoping behind the rosebush and two half-grown goslings headed for the pool. They were the size of adult mallards. I yelled "go away" and they did.
A female widow skimmer caught me without the camera. A black swallowtail flirted with the rosemary and a skink hid beneath. Dramatic cumulus made sunbeams but no storm. A fledgling crow made a considerable racket and was attended by the whole family. A young squirrel was curious about the pool and me. I got a nice picture of a
long legged fly.
A few sprinkles of rain fell toward evening but didn't amount to anything.
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