A Carolina wren was up at dawn. I woke up a little after 5am and saw the waning crescent moon through the window, but when I went outside after the sun rose, I had a hard time seeing it in daylight, and then an even harder time getting it in focus! Out of two dozen shots only three weren't a fuzzy smear,
Nothing removed the drowned mantis, nor did it revive. A variegated fritillary fluttered around the violets, which were not in bloom. I would guess laying eggs but I've never seen a caterpillar on the violets. A Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) had gone for a swim even though it was missing a hind leg. 
Curiously, a lot of fish were jumping in the creek. I saw one pop free of the surface six or eight times. But I was always too late for anything but the ripples. An egret flew over the water. The first time I just got a blob but my timing was on target for the next. A moth or skipper visited the mountain mint. It looked like a very pale duskywimg.
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