Invisible birds

I actually got a final, final swim even though the wind shifted around to the North and there was even a sprinkle of raindrops. The water was 72 but the air was balmy and the intermittent sun fierce.  I rescued many beetles, two spiders, an earwig, and several of what I think were winged ants with reddish bodies.  A drowned vole was floating in the water and a beetle was using it as a raft. 

A misbegotten squirrel must have sat beside the pool to open its stolen pecan and left the hull fragments staining the concrete. There were whistles and squeaks in the trees but the only birds I could identify were a brown thrasher in the beauty berry bush and a mockingbird in the dogwood.  An osprey and several gulls circled over the creek.  A couple of skinks came out to enjoy the sun while it lasted.