There was a brief shower at noon but the main cause of flooding was wind. In fact, while the morning was mostly gray, the sun was out a good part of the afternoon and it got surprisingly hot and very sticky. The hurricane was still far South so I don't know if the wind should be blamed on Joaquin. Either the wind or the water pushed over the saltbush.
Titmice joined the regulars in the morning. The birds were all very possessive about the feeder, even the chickadees. Doves lurked. A great egret waded in the dam outflow. Geese and mallards rode on the creek.
Bees and wasps were hungry. Butterflies were more interested in propagation. I saw red spotted purples and cabbage whites. A tiny, but tail-less, skink darted across the step. Later I saw it on the far side of the pool cover. The remains of a huge web dangled from the dogwood over the pool. A different kind of spider hiked up the door frame.
K bought suet and hung a block of it. Maybe fifteen minutes elapsed before a male downy woodpecker arrived. A brown headed nuthatch followed but was more interested in the seed feeder. The woodpecker didn't stay long either. A mockingbird sampled the beauty berries. In the afternoon, a snowy egret waded in the grass above the bulkhead across the creek.
A squirrel buried a nut in the mulch and within a minute another had dug it up. Both were a mess of warbles. This one was the thief.
Titmice joined the regulars in the morning. The birds were all very possessive about the feeder, even the chickadees. Doves lurked. A great egret waded in the dam outflow. Geese and mallards rode on the creek. 
Bees and wasps were hungry. Butterflies were more interested in propagation. I saw red spotted purples and cabbage whites. A tiny, but tail-less, skink darted across the step. Later I saw it on the far side of the pool cover. The remains of a huge web dangled from the dogwood over the pool. A different kind of spider hiked up the door frame. 
K bought suet and hung a block of it. Maybe fifteen minutes elapsed before a male downy woodpecker arrived. A brown headed nuthatch followed but was more interested in the seed feeder. The woodpecker didn't stay long either. A mockingbird sampled the beauty berries. In the afternoon, a snowy egret waded in the grass above the bulkhead across the creek.
A squirrel buried a nut in the mulch and within a minute another had dug it up. Both were a mess of warbles. This one was the thief. 
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