A Carolina wren started the day with some suet, then a pine warbler wanted some. A female bluebird was next, then a downy woodpecker pair. Rain filled the ant moats and the pool to near their brims. My only rescue was a scarab beetle but a green six-spotted tiger beetle rescued itself using one of my carefully placed sticks.
When I got out of the pool I found an orange assassin bug nymph on the glass door. A blue mud wasp fussed around the mountain mint but wouldn't pose for me. The bees and wasps ranged widely in size. But none were as big as the praying mantis I found lurking on the mountain mint. I didn't see it catch anything so I don't know what size it preferred.
I was surprised by the lack of dragonflies but finally a blue dasher landed on the feeder hanger. It didn't stay. A female cardinal acted like she was starting a nest in the camellia. That would be a first.
Toward evening, a blue jay took a turn at the suet. I thought I saw a brown headed nuthatch but a chickadee bullied it and it didn't come back. The overcast began to break apart into individual clouds.
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