I remember the first Earth Day 49 years ago, just the fact of it, not the weather or whether I saw any wildlife. I doubt it was as lovely as today. Clouds blew in from the East and North all day, sometimes getting thick, bur only a few were left at sunset to be painted vivid colors.
The blue jay raided the bark butter again. A titmouse came for seeds. I spotted a goldfinch on a branch over the creek downstream. A flock of little birds zipped around in the blooming wild cherry, but I'm not sure they were all the same species. One was a summer-suited male myrtle warbler and another was a female.
An egret lurked downstream and a great blue heron flew over the house. A pair of geese escorted their goslings upstream.
A skink seemed very red about the head but moved too fast for details. Butterflies stayed ahead of the camera. One was a tiger swallowtail, the other smaller and orangey brown. Later I saw a dragonfly as well as an assortment of bees and wasps. Syrphid flies found the first flowers on the rue.
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