Sunny

At breakfast, a titmouse was scared off the feeder by the regulars.  A pair of goldfinches visited.  A Carolina wren landed on the table outside but disappeared while I was snatching up the camera.  A hummer made a short visit. 

After lunch, I picked blueberries, leaving plenty for the wildlife.  I saw a widow skimmer and a common whitetail, both females, a black swallowtail, and a skink.  The house wrens were kept busy bringing food to their nest.

Later a male slaty skimmer took up post guarding us from tiny flying things.  A butterfly teased me while I was in the pool. 

A brown thrasher foraged under the oak.  It may have been the bird that serenaded us for a while, unless there was an invisible mockingbird.  Osprey circled as did a laughing gull.  Squirrels playing chase flushed a Carolina wren.  Two great crested flycatchers chased each other from tree to tree. 

Toward suppertime, a couple of 12-spotted skimmers patrolled above the rooftop.  An egret flew North.