A hummer came for breakfast. It's hard to keep the juice from spoiling in the heat. A blue jay was next, then a couple of titmice and some chickadees.
Mid morning, one of the stakes was occupied by an immature female four-spotted pennant. A black swallowtail took an interest in the rue. A skipper joined the bees and wasps on the mountain mint. I checked the figs but there was no sign of ripening. I startled a monarch butterfly that was hanging around the lone milkweed plant on that side of the house.
A sidewalk tiger beetle hustled into the same shady spot as yesterday. A Halloween pennant flew from the top of the pine. Large cumulus clouds streamed out of the West.
In the late afternoon, a night heron stalked along the water's edge. A short while before sunset there were several very loud cracks of thunder, but nothing came of it.
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