A cardinal wrestled with something green that may have been a caterpillar from the parsley, but he flew off before I got the camera zoomed. Wasps breakfasting on the mint were joined by a southern purple mint moth. One of the wasps looked like a bald faced hornet. Dragonflies were on the job early.
At lunch time a Halloween pennant perched on the top of the pine. The pearl crescent butterfly was back on the mint. And the black swallowtail was back to lay eggs on parsley and rue. Little snout butterflies danced or fought in mid air. Titmice and chickadees enjoyed the fresh water in the ant moat.
When I went out to the pool, dragonflies were everywhere, but they wouldn't perch for me to photograph. Swallows also hunted flying insects. A great blue heron prowled the shoreline. After the tide receded further, a yellow crowned night heron hunted crabs in the mud. The male hummingbird slipped in for a drink when the females weren't looking.
Reddish-brown dragonflies I think were spot-wing gliders flew low over the pool but I finally gave up on trying to photograph them. On the upper level I couldn't see them any more, but a skink nearly ran over my foot while another mad a getaway along the retaining wall. Hummers really wanted their supper and made repeat visits. But the light was bad as the clouds had gotten thicker. Then the light level dropped suddenly as a storm swept up from the Southwest. Thunder and lightning continued for hours.
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