The wind gusts were a lot stronger than the weather service claimed. And because the wind came from the Southwest, the water was pushed out of the creek. Probably the wind was flooding Back Bay and Pungo.
A brown headed nuthatch was up early to get a turn at the feeder. The hibiscus flowers were already open. I swapped out the hummer feeder but the hummingbird visits were very short, making me wonder if the sugar-water had gone bad.
The butterfly milkweed produced more flowers. Something big banged into the window, maybe a sphinx moth or a cicada killer? At least four all-black carpenter bees fed on the mountain mint. Leafcutter bees and others were there too. A black swallowtail egged the rue. A grown skink crossed the patio several times.
I rescued a couple of click beetles, a firefly, too many brown May beetles and black ground beetles to count, leaf hoppers, and a half-drowned robber fly. I also fished out a drowned stink bug and a damselfly. A live damselfly perched on the pool rim.
Something yellow flew or blew up from the beautyberry into the dogwood. I don't know if it was a tiger swallowtail, a goldfinch, or a dead leaf. However, later the goldfinch pair landed on the ant moat. They were gone before the camera was ready. And I did see a tiger swallowtail yesterday.
A beetle had gotten itself into the watering can. I was able to extract it with a long grass-like leaf. The overcast formed nodules of cloud in a pattern that looked like a botryoidal mineral deposit. Tropical Storm Colin was not to blame because it dwindled to a depression and wandered off to sea.
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