The creek was back to its smooth morning surface. Clouds were few and small. Warmth brought pollinators to the camellia - honeybees, yellow jackets, and the first long-tailed skipper Urbanus proteus I've ever seen! It only had one tail left. It may have been Dorantes Longtail instead, but either way a first. Range didn't help as neither belongs this far North. The difference to look for is a blue-green tint to the head and back.
A tiny jumping spider sat on the railing of the steps. Clusters of green cones hung on the dawn redwood, revealed as its needles blew away.
A pair of Carolina wrens visited the bark butter. And a mourning dove drank art the birdbath. Cormorants held a fish drive around 2pm.
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