Fox visit

First thing this morning, before breakfast, a fox checked out our patio.  It nosed everywhere, looked right at me through the glass, trotted around the pool, and left.  Of course, a crow had to set up a racket announcing its presence.

Later the regular songbirds came to breakfast and the finches brought their four fledglings.  The house wrens were also busy.  It's another sunny morning.

It's getting hot.  I saw a black swallowtail and a smaller brownish butterfly.  Spiders are beginning to make noticeable webs. 

At lunch, an osprey landed up in the treetop on our side of the creek.  A dark and yellow butterfly flitted around the cherry, possibly a palamedes.

Mid afternoon, I saw a yellow crowned night heron land on the dock and walk to the West side.  Meanwhile, geese were foraging on the East.  Then the people across the creek came out to party and it looked like they were attempting crabbing.  That cleared out the birds.  There have been some clouds, out of the Southwest, but not as much as predicted.