Saturday, June 18, 2016

Sunny

It was still cool and windy.  Three squirrels wanted breakfast and each had to test the feeder.  A downy woodpecker landed on the post, then left.  A male goldfinch was bold enough to defend the feeder from chickadees and titmice, but not house finches and cardinals. 

A Carolina wren looked for snacks and settled for mealworm soup.  An osprey circled in the sky and an egret fished below the dam. A bar-winged skimmer hunted gnats.  K rehung the clean hummer feeder.  A hummer discovered the fresh juice but also visited the gladiolus. A yellow crowned night heron stalked crabs while the camera was tied up downloading photos. 

When I got home, titmice were still at it and a downy woodpecker visited.  In the pool, a bullfrog was hiding behind the brick.  I tried to get it out but it got away and disappeared.  A damselfly flew away almost as soon as I saw it.  A snail didn't move at all.  As usual, I fished out beetles.  The orchard spider was not moved by yesterday's storm.  Swallows zipped overhead.


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