Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Sun and clouds

A titmouse joined house finches, cardinals, and chickadees at the seed feeder.  The Carolina wrens stuck to mealworms.  A hummer made a brief breakfast visit.  And then the squirrels gathered around one who must have been in heat.  Five males tried to persuade her and one or two succeeded - under the feeder right in front of us.  The squirrel with a white spot on his back was not a successful suitor.  He spent some time lying flat on the concrete. 

Blue jays were everywhere at lunchtime.  Dark clouds threatened in the afternoon, but no rain fell.  I even saw a distant flicker of lightning after dark, but I'm afraid we'll have to water plants.  Swallows were flying over the Center in Norfolk and cicadas were loud. 


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