The male hummer came early, possibly to avoid being chased by a female. He was followed by a female downy woodpecker who gave the hummer feeder a harsh stare. The bird thinks the suet should be there. Rather than leave empty, she nibbled some barkbutter. Then a bluebird did the same. A female goldfinch drank form the ant moat. Then a female red bellied woodpecker imitated the downy. Brown headed nuthatches arrived and split up, one for seeds and the other for barkbutter. A male pine warbler also wanted barkbutter.
I didn't take the camera to pick figs, but all I saw were a mockingbird and a bald-faced hornet. There was a light breeze through the side yard and it wasn't as hot as I'd feared, but a sprinkle of rain convinced me to go back inside. A black swallowtail drank from the butterfly milkweed. A five lined skink was well camouflaged on the step. The usual bees and wasps, and a fiery skipper, covered the mountain mint. A female slaty skimmer used the perch by the steps, but moved when I walked past. I saw an amberwing but it flew away.
I found a frog in the pool skimmer. It shot out the opening and tried to hide in my swimsuit. I later caught it in the deep end. There were seedpods on the butterfly milkweed. After swimming, I ran out of battery and when I swapped, the other battery had no juice. I must have forgotten to charge it. So naturally, that's when another wave of birds arrived. A mockingbird helped itself to a barkbutter ball. Brown headed nuthatches came in pairs, that is, I only saw two at a time but I think there were four. A female bluebird also craved a bite of barkbutter. The woodpeckers and the pine warbler returned. And a little after 5pm the rain began in earnest.
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