Certainly the temperature fell overnight and the day, despite bright sun, only climbed back into the 70s. A white breasted nuthatch joined the seed feeder birds at breakfast, as did titmice. A blue jay preferred mealworms.
The real show was up in the trees: I believe I saw a
black-throated green warbler juvenile or female without a black throat. Then, up popped a
red-eyed vireo. The migration was underway.
The shamrock spider seemed to be gone but the Argiope was still in place. I found a black swallowtail caterpillar headed across the bottom of the steps and moved it over to the rose because I figured it was looking for a place to make a chrysalis. A skipper landed on a dogwood leaf near the Argiope. An immature mockingbird alighted in the dogwood but saw me and left.
Later on in the afternoon, a squirrel sprawled under the cedar to soak up sun. It was that kind of day.
Certainly the temperature fell overnight and the day, despite bright sun, only climbed back into the 70s. A white breasted nuthatch joined the seed feeder birds at breakfast, as did titmice. A blue jay preferred mealworms. 
The real show was up in the trees: I believe I saw a black-throated green warbler juvenile or female without a black throat. Then, up popped a red-eyed vireo. The migration was underway.
The shamrock spider seemed to be gone but the Argiope was still in place. I found a black swallowtail caterpillar headed across the bottom of the steps and moved it over to the rose because I figured it was looking for a place to make a chrysalis. A skipper landed on a dogwood leaf near the Argiope. An immature mockingbird alighted in the dogwood but saw me and left.
Later on in the afternoon, a squirrel sprawled under the cedar to soak up sun. It was that kind of day.
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