Friday, July 9, 2021

After the storm

The storm cooled air and water but the temperature climbed right back up.  A four-spotted pennant, Brachymesia gravida. rode the highest candle on the pine tree.  

I found a couple of snails and some beetles in the water, nothing else.  The usual insects were busy on the mountain mint. 

A skink with a regrown tail ventured away from cover.  A blue jay and a brown thrasher landed together on the feeder post.  The bluejay ate suet while the brown thrasher pretended disinterest. 

Afternoon thunderhead clouds unexpectedly brought more rain. And that brought dragonflies.  A ghostly red bellied woodpecker checked out the mysterious spot where a limb was removed.  I need to pick up the sticks that came down


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