Fair and warm

Tuesday was beautiful and mild in Richmond.  I wandered around the monuments outside the capitol and discovered that a section of wall was made of blocks of fossiliferous limestone.  The sun was at a good angle to pick out the shell shapes.  

Wednesday was miserable and the closer I got to home the worse the weather got.  But today was sunny like Tuesday though a bit more windy.   The rain had filled everything - birdbath and bird feeders, so the birds were very hungry.  I saw a mockingbird, a blue jay, a starling, the bluebird family, innumerable warblers, and the male oriole and his harem.  Juncos foraged in the grass.  A downy woodpecker tested branches. 

There were buffleheads in the morning.  A few mallards napped on the dock.  Herons and pelicans flew along the creek.  Basking turtles crowded their log.

I moved the peppers back inside for the night and tried to photograph the crescent moon.  There was a bright planet nearby.