All the spiders were safe in their webs, but the one in the mountain mint might outgrow its skin at the rate it was catching meals. The hornworm was stuffing itself too. There were some red leaves and berries on the dogwood, and the beauty berries were beginning to turn color. The spartina was in bloom.
The sixth skink had drowned, but I rescued four bluetails and one full grown five-lined skink. I also rescued a cicada and several beetles.
A couple of great crested flycatchers hopscotched around the trees. Carolina wrens and a brown thrasher also played hard to see. A downy woodpecker wanted suet but was anxious about our proximity. Brown headed nuthatches landed on the suet as soon as we went indoors.
The dog has chosen a napping spot in the violets right next to the first Argiope. Today the spider ignored the dog.
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