Monday, May 23, 2016

Mostly rain

A titmouse, a wren, and a woodpecker came to the feeder in addition to the usual seed eaters.  I'm not sure what the wren was there for.  A male hummer came and hovered over the freshly cleaned and refilled feeder but left without drinking.  I do not understand!  A dove foraged under the feeder. A little green heron landed on the dam outfall to see what the egret was doing. 

There was sun in the early afternoon but the rain returned. A goose family hung around the yard.  A chickadee poked into the wren house.  During the sunshine, I saw a skink, a dragonfly and a small orange butterfly.  A goldenrod soldier beetle crawled over the rue.

The rain stopped again for supper.  An enormous crow landed on the mealworm feeder and nearly broke it.  After it left, a male cardinal had to see what was so good.  It seemed dubious.  Then two Carolina wrens ate some more mealworms which, by this time, had been reconstituted by the rain.  A titmouse ate sunflower seeds instead.


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