Hazy

Morning was quite pleasant with a breeze to balance the temperature and humidity.  Titmice and hummers joined the regulars.  Great egrets and great blue herons fished.  A cloudless sulphur, a monarch, and a palamedes swallowtail flitted around.  I sometimes wonder if butterfly ought to be flutterby.  The palamedes had a run-in with a hummer.

A couple of doves showed up for lunch.  I heard but never saw a wren and glimpsed a robin.  A ratty-looking male house finch fed a fledgling.  Hummers continued to feed and fight.  Snowy egrets appeared below the dam.  Blue jays hammered acorns.

A startlingly green bee paused on the feeder post.  More butterflies enjoyed the sun.  I saw a snout, a black swallowtail, and a painted lady.  A young skink ambled along the pool edge and peered but did not fall in.

A few beautyberries were beginning to change color.  And red dogwood berries suddenly popped into sight amongst the green leaves.  The birds are welcome to those fruits.

About 4pm, clouds moved up from the Southwest and the sky began to think about rain.