It was humid under a gray sky that did not completely block the sun. The South wind brought the temperature up to the sweat zone. Last night three slugs crawled on the glass. This morning a small one headed back down to safer spaces. A white throated sparrow breakfasted on the seed feeder. A downy woodpecker hid in the dogwood. When a blue jay visited the bark butter, a female cardinal shot out of the camellia and drove the jay away. It was all to fast for me to get a picture.
Pollen puddled on leaves and marbleized the surface of the creek. It also coated the shore and made it look like a sandy beach. I wonder if it adds nutrients to the water? Skinks were out at lunchtime. A couple of buzzards circled.
The wind tore petals off the dogwood that was first to bloom. Egrets fished around the dam. A dragonfly landed on the patio, possibly because of the wine. A single crow chased an osprey downstream. Perhaps it was defending a nest.
Queen yellow jackets hinted suitable nesting sites. The coral honeysuckle was a mass of flowers. Beetles mated on the trunk of the cedar. The rust-colored fungus was back on the cedar. Mammoth carpenter bees also scouted suitable ground for nests. Buttercups, vetch, and bedstraw took over the front grass. I planted cilantro and a very odd violet I found with just four petals.
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