A squirrel was eating something in the hackberry when I got up, A fledgling titmouse liked the ant moat as a water dish. A goldfinch and a hummer briefly shared the feeder area. An egret preened on a piling. Then I had to leave.
The morning's mackerel sky cleared in the afternoon. A skink crossed the steps. The wren in the birdhouse had its head in the doorway and beak open - panting? Later she cussed me out for sitting too close.
A black swallowtail visited the skeletal parsley. Dragonflies were all around. I saw blue dashers, amberwings, slaty skimmers, a four spotted pennant on the pine, something that cruised along the spartina, and I think the one that never perched was a Needham's skimmer. Wasps were all over the mint, as usual. A little brownish butterfly -- hairstreak, copper? -- was also on the mint. A stink bug trekked all over the window. I saved a couple of spiders. Then, after midnight, I discovered a 12-spotted skimmer banging the window by the watering can. The light was still on and attracting other bugs.
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