Water rescues

I was back in the pool at last. The weird weather yellowed many leaves before their time and the wind brought them down and blew them around till they got stuck in the water.  Insects were also dunked by the wind and appreciated the unsteady rafts.  But many had drowned already.  I fished out a big bee, little wasps, and lacewings that did not revive, and beetles and spiders that did.  One spider clutched her egg pearl.  There were a multitude of May beetles (brown Junebugs), a small, brown click beetle, and two green metallic tiger beetles only one of which was alive.  A widow skimmer watched from the nearest perch.  Small butterflies danced over the pool. 

I heard lots of birds including a mockingbird with quite a repertoire. Wrens sang and scolded.  Something whistled loudly.  Crows made their soft rattle of affection.  One hummer drove another away and all of them drank the feeder dry.  There were blue jays but they mostly stayed out of sight. Sunset made the contrails rosy.