Yes, at this time of year Sirius rises just before the sun, not that I plan to rise and see it. (Or the Perseids either) But today marked the arrival of Andy in our household. He is the first pet in 45 years. I do not count my ill-fated attempt to raise pheasants decades ago.
I rescued various bees and beetles from the water, including a sidewalk tiger. A sycamore leaf had a crab spider and one of the multitude of brown scarab Junebugs rafting on it. I put the leaf on the concrete but the critters did not believe they were out of the water and scurried around the leaf and over each other. A large brown click beetle I rescued dashed back into the water. I hauled it out again and after kicking the air for a while, it died. Apparently there are a whole lot of plain brown click beetles and this one was only notable for its size so click beetle is as close as I could get.
The Argiope was still in its space between plants. A widow skimmer used the perch behind my room. I saw a black and a tiger swallowtail. Two hummers got into an aerial battle over the feeder but another still searched hopefully where it used to hang.
A Carolina wren played peek-a-boo with me but eventually I caught it. Three fiery skippers flitted around the lantana out front. There were dragonflies out there too but they hid from me. Toward evening a swallow and some 12 spotted skimmers chased insects higher in the air column. An egret landed under the bulkhead. After sunset, but still 90° out, I got pictures of the crescent moon.
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