I spent too much of the day in a meeting. During a late lunch afterwards, I saw an osprey circling. I haven't seen much of ospreys this year, maybe because the trees are higher. A female goldfinch make a quick trip to the feeder. The hummer guzzled its energy drink like it was perishing of thirst. All the usual butterflies flitted everywhere. A couple of slaty skimmer dragonflies battled over use of a perch. A skink darted along the edge of the pool.
It was pretty late when I finally got outside and I did not feel hot. The water, however, did. I saw a titmouse and maybe a nuthatch. The hummer had a standoff with a finch. This was before the hummer drank the last drop from its feeder. Big bumblebees were at work on the rosemary. I only saw small caterpillars on the rue. The monarch caterpillars stripped the milkweed of leaves and one began eating the stem. And something gnawed off the sunflower stalk.
I spent too much of the day in a meeting. During a late lunch afterwards, I saw an osprey circling. I haven't seen much of ospreys this year, maybe because the trees are higher. A female goldfinch make a quick trip to the feeder. The hummer guzzled its energy drink like it was perishing of thirst. All the usual butterflies flitted everywhere. A couple of slaty skimmer dragonflies battled over use of a perch. A skink darted along the edge of the pool. 
It was pretty late when I finally got outside and I did not feel hot. The water, however, did. I saw a titmouse and maybe a nuthatch. The hummer had a standoff with a finch. This was before the hummer drank the last drop from its feeder. Big bumblebees were at work on the rosemary. I only saw small caterpillars on the rue. The monarch caterpillars stripped the milkweed of leaves and one began eating the stem. And something gnawed off the sunflower stalk.
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