The Carolina wren looked moth-eaten as it poked through barkbutter crumbs. A bald blue jay was disappointed there weren't fresh barkbutter balls on offer. So was the female red bellied woodpecker. A white breasted nuthatch ate some sunflower seeds. Later a brown headed nuthatch had the same idea. Hummers eventually arrived.
A fiery skipper joined a bumblebee on the mountain mint. The conk fungus under the oak looked like fresh-baked buns. It's interesting that, unlike mushrooms, the conk didn't wait for rain.
A great blue heron took over the dock. I cleared the pool of three dead skinks and one very lively lizard. Although, when I finally caught it, it didn't want to leave my hand. Then I chased down two frogs, one a green frog and the other very persistent amphibian a southern cricket frog I think. It kept trying to get back into the water so I had to catch it repeatedly. At one point, it tried to hide in my swimsuit top! I also rescued what I thought was a wasp but when dried out turned into a leatherwing beetle. Probably the yellow banded abdomen is Batesian mimicry of a wasp.
I took some late afternoon photos of the moon to make up for yesterday. The craters were sharply defined along the terminator.
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