The last few nights have dropped into the high 60s though the days have been hot. As a result, the water is cooler A male ruby throat got a little breakfast before a female chased him away. I suspect he blew in with the Northeast wind a few days ago. Wrens and blue jays were disappointed that I'd not yet refilled their dish.
A pair of goldfinches landed on the feeder hangers to check the place out. They appeared to dislike the menu. I saw a black swallowtail and a cloudless sulphur. I rescued more skinks and a millipede. Another cicada, bees and wasps, and a red caterpillar had drowned.
A flock of cormorants joined an egret on the lake. Another egret stalked downstream. Leaf cutter bees scalloped the edges of the redbud leaves. The patient mantis had relocated. Monarch caterpillars hid under leaves on both the swamp and the butterfly milkweed. A minute black swallowtail caterpillar was on the parsley. I was amazed to discover the hibiscus was making more flower buds. That neem oil was certainly the cure for the sawfly infestation.
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