I think the Carolina wren was up before I was. Bluebirds were early risers too. The pine warbler was not going to be left out. Goldfinches made sure they still had title to their sunflower. A brown headed nuthatch was frustrated by the titmice, chickadees, and house finches. Being bigger, the white breasted nuthatch had less difficulty getting a share of the seeds. The house finches had a redness contest.
After swimming, I saw a male widow skimmer on one of my perches. He was getting blown around. I also found a monarch caterpillar munching away on the butterfly milkweed. Great golden digger wasps twitched around the mountain mint. Two black mud wasps squabbled in midair. A gray hairstreak fended off annoying wasps and bees. Several fiery skippers popped up.
A great egret occupied one of the dock posts.
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