A male towhee visited the seed feeder briefly. The beautyberry was done blooming. The sky looked like imminent rain and thunder was a constant low rumble so I left the camera inside. Thus my rescues escaped being photographed. They were an adult skink and two beetles. One was a June bug scarab and the other was a metallic green tiger beetle. A weevil rescued itself with the aid of one of the sticks I stationed around the pool for that purpose.
The fiery skipper was back on the mountain mint. A tiger swallowtail crossed the yard. A monarch stayed and thoroughly egged all the milkweed. A very small caterpillar was already munching on the plant by the retaining wall. That plant was infested with aphids. A few blue dashers hunted mosquitoes. The usual bees and wasps enjoyed their mountain mint.
The hummer wars have begun and they seemed to infect the larger birds.
Brown thrashers and a red bellied woodpecker fought over the bark
butter. Even the bluebirds joined in. I suspect the blue jays were involved. A mockingbird was hanging around too. The Carolina wrens stayed out of it. A grackle stomped around the sakaki for a moment like it wasn't sure how it got here, or why. An egret landed on the dock bench.
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