Humid

The blueberries were ripening fast.  A female goldfinch worked on the sunflowers while a male and some titmice visited the feeder.

A hummer visited and the goldfinch pair returned.  Something stashed sunflower seeds on the back of a drooping, gone-to-seed sunflower.  Big brown ants hung out on the sunflowers too.  In the pool, we rescued a variety of wasps and beetles.  There were spiders as well. 

The usual afternoon cumulus clouds dropped a couple of quick showers while I was outside.  That brought out the dragonflies - dashers, saddlebags, and skimmers.  I believe this is a male great blue skimmer.  The rain apparently washed a stinkbug nymph out of the cherry. I spotted a second instar black swallowtail caterpillar on a rue plant.