Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Rare June day

The cool temperatures persisted after the rain departed, leaving bright sun and cool breezes.  The female bluebird was hungry.  A Needham's skimmer perched on the gladiolus while a blue dasher used one of my bamboo perches.  A twelve spotted skimmer patrolled the air.  An assassin nymph lurked on the mountain mint.  A blossom opened on an aster.  A bumblebee rescued itself thanks to a stick I wedged into place on the edge of the pool.  A tiger swallowtail made repeated visits to the cherry tree.  I glimpsed a yellow crowned night heron.  Surprising plants popped up from all the seeds I scattered.  Leatherwing soldier beetles copulated on the mountain mint.  A single cormorant kept watch over the turtle log and a couple of turtles alomst as big as the bird.  


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