The female towhee poked around below the feeder, joined by a juvenile cardinal that hasn't figured out the feeder perch yet. The two adult male cardinals got into a fight. A hummer visited briefly.
I went looking for the
Mississippi kite but had no luck. There were
fiery skippers on the lantana when I got home and a white cabbage butterfly flitted past. The male towhee showed up at lunch. He can erect a sort of crest when agitated. I saw a skink after lunch.
The sky cleared in the early afternoon, then clouds came back as the sun moved into the West. I found a big dead green frog in the pool skimmer. Lots of little, flat snails clung to the pool rim. I saw a wolf spider and a reddish slater spider that preys on isopods. A tiger swallowtail flitted over the pool. While I was in the pool, two hummers fought over the feeder. One looked like a male but the sun was behind it so I couldn't be sure. Dragonflies perched along the retaining wall.
While sitting on the patio, I saw titmice, goldfinches (M&F), a brown headed nuthatch, a mockingbird, and a blue jay. The female towhee returned and the hummer warz continued. I was on the phone and thus missed photographing the nuthatch which was soooo close. The clouds brought their own drama and a brief downpour followed by the sun's return.
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