The sky was overcast and the air a lot cooler, thankfully. A yellow crowned night heron preened on a dock piling. The hummer made frequent visits to her feeder. The goldfinch pair began working on the sunflowers. It looks like they have been responsible for the shredded, snipped off buds as another was lying on the ground this morning. Three titmice came for seeds along with the usual birds.
I dumped out the mealworm dish and put out fresh. But just as I was getting ready to go swimming, the rain began. Egrets were out fishing along the bank. The night heron came back for more preening.
At lunch, a downy woodpecker came for seeds. Two Carolina wrens showed up for mealworms. Some streaks of blue sky appeared in the North. The sun came out in the mid afternoon. A brown thrasher flew into the saltbush thicket.
After I decided the rain was over for the day, I went outside to clean up all the leaf litter. Something bent down several sunflowers. While in the pool, I saved a honeybee and several scarab beetles. Cicadas were loud and dragonflies were out hunting. Three goldfinches shot overhead - at least two were males. A turkey vulture flew so low overhead I could see its eye. A dove tried to figure out the feeder to no avail. Then a house wren took a look at the seeds. The cloud cover returned before the evening fireflies came out.
The sky was overcast and the air a lot cooler, thankfully. A yellow crowned night heron preened on a dock piling. The hummer made frequent visits to her feeder. The goldfinch pair began working on the sunflowers. It looks like they have been responsible for the shredded, snipped off buds as another was lying on the ground this morning. Three titmice came for seeds along with the usual birds.
I dumped out the mealworm dish and put out fresh. But just as I was getting ready to go swimming, the rain began. Egrets were out fishing along the bank. The night heron came back for more preening.
At lunch, a downy woodpecker came for seeds. Two Carolina wrens showed up for mealworms. Some streaks of blue sky appeared in the North. The sun came out in the mid afternoon. A brown thrasher flew into the saltbush thicket.
After I decided the rain was over for the day, I went outside to clean up all the leaf litter. Something bent down several sunflowers. While in the pool, I saved a honeybee and several scarab beetles. Cicadas were loud and dragonflies were out hunting. Three goldfinches shot overhead - at least two were males. A turkey vulture flew so low overhead I could see its eye. A dove tried to figure out the feeder to no avail. Then a house wren took a look at the seeds. The cloud cover returned before the evening fireflies came out.
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