Yesterday, the temperature dropped below 70 after being stuck above 80 for days. Clouds and wind reinforced the cool temperature. A house wren mooned me from the feeder.
At lunch, a female Eastern pondhawk took possession of the birdbath. A black swallowtail flitted around the rue. Titmice visited the feeder. The butterfly milkweed was overrun with caterpillars.
The pondhawk was still around when I went out to swim. I also saw a male blue dasher and a female slaty skimmer A pearl crescent butterfly Phyciodes tharos fed on the mint. I cannot imagine how it got that name. Later, a monarch fed on the butterfly weed flowers and laid eggs on it. A fiery skipper preferred mint. At least two great golden digger wasps found the mountain mint irresistible. So did a multitude of wasps and a few bees.
The canna bloomed and a hummer tried it out. Blue jays were busy with the wild cherries. An egret perched in a downstream tree. A great crested flycatcher joined the festivities in the cherry. The cardinals were courting again. I have not seen a fledgling for several years.
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