I saw a fritillary, tiger and black swallowtails, a hairstreak, s silver spotted skipper, and a buckeye butterfly. The milkweed attracted ones the mint had not. Little wasps annoyed the feeding butterflies. Slaty and needham's skimmers perched above the other insects.
I was gone to a voter registration drive from 2 to 6pm and came home tired and sweaty. Lots of dragonflies prowled over the festival while gulls circled hoping for junk food.
At supper, a brown headed nuthatch dashed to the feeder, snatched a seed and got away before I could get the camera on. A Carolina wren and titmice visited too. A young cardinal investigated everything. And one hummer chased another away. A night heron watched a great egret below the dam.
I looked up at twilight and saw a grasshopper on the window.
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