Bird riot

It's a mostly cloudy day which seems to bring out the birds.  Two male goldfinches came to feast on the sunflowers, though the first arrival did not share with the second.  He contended with a bee and later with a hummingbird.  A mockingbird checked out the scene.  A female towhee poked through the mulch.  Titmice joined the regulars on the feeder. 

The adult foxes passed through around 9am.  A black swallowtail butterfly flitted past without any interest in the herbs - a male?  An adult skink paused briefly on a landscape timber.  Geese came up the hill but I sent them back down.  The goslings have grown up. 

A dragonfly took up a perch beside a rue plant where it seemed to find plenty to catch. It appears to be a juvenile female four-spotted pennant.  

In the afternoon, two hummers chased each other.  At least one wanted to try the sunflowers.  One has a sort of black chin strap while the other's throat is all white.  Titmice also chased each other.  A titmouse investigated the birdhouse.  Others ran riot over the feeder.  A wren hopped around the mulch as did the male towhee.  Almost everyone, including squirrels, went for the wild cherries.  I saw two mockingbirds in the tree. 

The grill inspecting Carolina wren showed up.  The wilted sunflower petals drip, apparently plain water.  The goldfinch left when I was outside but soon returned.  A dove landed on the railing then moved on.  I caught a glimpse of a hairy woodpecker in the cherry tree, also another, larger, unidentified bird with long russet tail feathers. I think the wild cherries are attracting birds that would otherwise be eating our blueberries.