Rain was still falling when I got up but it stopped by breakfast time. The sky remained gray and at times the wind was rough and cold. A hummer made repeated visits to her feeder all day long. A downy woodpecker played peek-a-boo around the post before flying to the suet. A blue jay checked out the buffet and turned up its beak. A large bird, maybe an osprey, landed in the neighbor's pine. Toward evening, I saw an egret below the dam.
At least two titmice and four chickadees competed with the cardinals for seeds. Both Baldy and Twitchy and Mrs Baldy Cardinal visited. One titmouse appeared to have gotten coated with oil or something wet looking, but it flew with no problem. There was some bullying among the chickadees.
The parsley was bent over by the weight of rain. Little bees or wasps and flies pollinated it. An assassin nymph, probably a wheelbug, climbed a mint stalk.
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