Leaves were wet. Another hummer showed up, silhouetted against the sky, before I got the fresh feeder hung. A pair of goldfinches visited briefly. The male was just beginning to have a shadow where his black cap will be.
Then the pileated woodpecker appeared. It's strange that she seems to prefer the suet cage nearly empty.
Pollen made streaks on the water. I spotted a kingfisher way upstream and an egret downstream. A cardinal gleaned nest material at the edge of the water. A little chipping sparrow came hopping across the patio, then flew before I was ready.
A dark butterfly, maybe two, and one or more cabbage whites flitted around. Bumblebees congregated around the redbud flowers. Gnats congregated above me for their mating dance.
I rearranged feeders but blue jays and red bellied woodpeckers had no difficulty finding what they wanted. A brown headed nuthatch visited several times and I missed every time. A white throated sparrow hunted through the grass. A brown thrasher sat on a dogwood limb and inflated itself, then began to preen.
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