There was a disturbance in the cherry tree that resolved itself into a flock of robins, many still speckled. Baldy, the boss cardinal hung around much of the day. I poured the rainwater off the bark butter and the Carolina wren was happy.
Rainwater raised the pool level past the skimmer opening. I rescued a metallic green tiger beetle and a few wasps. The tattered hairstreak made it through the storm and was joined on the mountain mint by another in better shape. A duskywing tried to join them but didn't have their tolerance for wasps. A red spotted purple flitted around the cherry. A black swallowtail kept returning to the rue but a palamedes swallowtail defeated my photography.
Blue dashers were at their stations. I glimpsed a saddlebags that didn't come back. A big dragonfly, maybe a darner, banged into the window during lunch. A slaty skimmer clung to a dead saltbush twig by the creek. Other insects zipped past and one failed to bully the resident dragonfly off its perch.
A downy woodpecker hiked up the oak. I think the hummer juice got diluted because they weren't into it. A lovely male goldfinch took an interest in the parsley seeds and dogwood berries. The tailless brown thrasher prowled along the azalea bushes. Titmice came for sunflower seeds.
Geese were pleased with the denuded dam. A chickfila container floated downstream. One turtle basked on a lake log. A juvenile night heron stood on the dock peering into the water which was quite high though the moon wasn't even up. When it did rise, the craters were clear and sharp.
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