Subtropical Storm Alberto out in the Gulf has been predicted to run up the Mississippi Valley, bringing rain all week. Today, the sky was blue with puffy cumulus but in the afternoon it became white with a thin overcast. Wood ducks came around in the morning and I saw them again later out on the creek. A snowy egret fished below the dam outfall. Geese escorted their adolescent offspring to the pool, repeatedly, and childless mallards occasionally.
Blue jays kept up their sneak attacks on the bark butter balls. Female hummers visited. That was it, except for the three regular seed eaters. There may have been others that went by too fast for me to identify.
Dragonflies were thick, and finally some perched where I could get a shot. One dropped out of the sky and landed on its back. But it soon zipped off. I noticed a cloud of dancing gnats that explained what the dragonflies were after. Wasps were thirsty from building nests. I watched a translucent yellow spider (green lynx?) in the window.
The bolted parsley began blooming and the hibiscus popped up. K got the stalks tucked into the cage that I hope will support them through storms. I appreciate this as it was despite concern about snakes lurking in the undergrowth.
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