Hungry birds

First a towhee, then the regulars and a cloud of titmice arrived.  Two Carolina wrens ate on both the feeder and the ground.  Juvenile cardinals begged and one finally figured out how to land on the feeder perch.  The female towhee was joined by the male, but they didn't get along.  Then a juvenile mockingbird landed on the patio. A hummer came by but the congestion was too much for it.  The male goldfinch came for a look.  A squirrel climbed the post through the morning glory vines, then sat on the feeder to wash off whatever the morning glory had left in its fur.

Dragonflies and wasps appeared as the day warmed.  A black swallowtail and some small butterflies came by.  Mushrooms had popped up in the grass. The ground cherry had lanterns beginning. And at lunch, a white breasted nuthatch came to the feeder.  It was waiting for the finch to let it land on the feeder.  A skink ran across the patio.  A tiny beetle like a yellow ladybug hunted in the rosemary.  A yellow wasp looked for prey in the rotting sunflowers.