In the morning I went outside to refill a feeder and saw a yellow crowned night heron preening on the dock. Haze and passing clouds relieved the intensity of the sun but even a lively breeze could not reduce the heat. The pool water was up to 80° but that was sufficiently cooler than the air to keep me comfortable.
A great blue skimmer used the stake closest to my office window. Damselflies guarded the pool. A blue dasher obelisked. One bumblebee rescued itself, but I pitched a handful of corpses. A honeybee fed on the rue. A black swallowtail fluttered all around the rue laying eggs. Later I noticed a very small caterpillar on the rue.
There were even more drowned roaches. The beetles needing rescue were more interesting. In addition to the black ground beetle there were several scarabs and a lemon-yellow ladybird beetle. A flower beetle did not recover. I found three glass snails floating in the water and transferred them to the birdbath.
Brown thrashers, blue jays, and crows went for barkbutter balls but i wasn't able to get any decent photos. Finally, a hummingbird found the sugar water acceptable. A skink climbed the bricks behind the outdoor furniture.
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