Everything was still dripping in the morning. The hummer not only sat on the seed feeder hanger to guard her feeder, she chased away titmice and a cardinal.
The overcast pulled apart by lunchtime. A tattered black swallowtail fed on the butterfly milkweed. A sizable skink climbed the wall. A bald faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) marched across the patio. I just discovered that it is not a true hornet but rather a yellow jacket.
There was a frog in the pool, but I tossed it out. A Carolina wren was loud and busy all over the yard, but primarily around the bark butter dish. The Carolina mantis stayed put. A duskywing fluttered all around it. A great golden digger wasp enjoyed the butterfly milkweed. And a slaty skimmer perched on a gladiolus leaf. It turned into quite a lovely day, though toward evening it got kind of buggy.
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