The oppressive, sticky heat blew away overnight and it wasn't as windy either. I rescued an assassin bug and did my best to ignore a large mulch roach that occupied the top step of the pool ladder. A skipper clung to the side of the pool in the shade. I saw a dragonfly on one of my perches but got distracted and never came back with the camera. A black swallowtail flitted through. A great golden digger wasp browsed the mountain mint. So did a bumblebee and a little black bee with a furry waist. An ailanthus moth, Atteva aurea, tried to stay out of the way of wasps. But the prize of the day was a cicada killer that I finally got in focus!
A brown thrasher lurked in the sakaki. Titmice queued up at the feeder. The bluebirds fed a fledgling. The two male goldfinches declared a truce and both worked on the sunflower. The evening sky was lined with ribs of cloud flowing slowly East.
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