Well, no one thought the coolness would last. Hummers and titmice came for breakfast. A snowy egret poked around the dam outfall. A male cardinal had begun molting. Then a Carolina wren showed up and tossed seeds out of the feeder.
I went down to the dock and startled a little green heron who saw me first. There were splashes and ripples on the creek surface, also bubbles rising. I looked for spicebush swallowtail caterpillars in the sassafras and saw evidence - rolled leaves and eaten leaves - and maybe one small caterpillar that disappeared when I looked closer. Periwinkle snails clung to a dead saltbush stump. I saw some amazing spiderwebs and one spider that hid quickly.
Upstream and across the creek, was a statue of a defecating wolf in the lawn. I suppose it could be a goose deterrent. It's certainly in need of some justification to balance the tastelessness.
When we got home after lunch, a female hummingbird watched the feeder from the cherry tree. I saw a swallowtail butterfly briefly In the pool, I rescued a click beetle, too many June bugs, a few spiders, and a huge leaf-footed bug. A male cardinal hunted for food in the grass by the fence. A couple of doves dropped by and tree swallows flew overhead. I saw at least three blue jays and four robins rushing to a commotion of crows.
By sunset there was a thin layer of clout over the sky. The moon was visible but fuzzy. Sunset was red and streaky.
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