Hummers, titmice, Carolina wrens and the regulars all came to breakfast. The creek had the glassy morning look of fall.
I wasted time at lunch trying to capture a zooming insect. A snowy egret waited by the dam for lunch. The argiope spider looked satisfied with her cherry tree. A cicada landed on the feeder post. Eventually it was chased off by the hummer who decided the cicada was too close to her feeder.
I rescued a live frog from the skimmer. It stuck its nose under the trash basket and seemed convinced it was well hidden. And then a cricket used me for a bank shot while the skink in hot pursuit braked hard and turned tail. A dragonfly that had perched on the stake took exception to all the goings-on and disappeared.
A meow-like noise high in the oak which turned out to be a juvenile blue jay begging. It's parents decided my prying camera was to much and they all flew off. Other blue jays gobbled the mealworms. One dropped a flight feather that twirrled its descent into the water. Squirrels scampered past me with pecans in their mouths.
The goldfinch pair ran a con on me - she flew to a bush in front of me while he hit the feeder behind me. Then he flew past her chirping "c'mon" and she followed chattering "didja git it?" A dove basked in the sun. And I got a peek at the kingfisher through the vegetation.
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