There were a lot of bird visitors today and lot of them looked run ragged. I guess that when the offspring's appetites get big, cheap take-out from the bird feeders is welcome. The goldfinches still appeared quite elegant - perhaps they haven't started nesting yet. But the titmice were a molting mess and the pine warbler looked like he'd been used to scrub pots.
Both white breasted and brown headed nuthatches came for seeds. The
mockingbirds flew back and forth diagonally across the back yard,
cursing. It seemed like they were headed for the blueberries but being
thwarted. And then I saw something new, an eastern kingbird. It may have been attracted to the wild cherries, or to bugs attracted to the fruit.
The weather was cloudier and not quite so hot. Skinks seemed to prefer it. Bees, wasps, skippers and snouts, a leatherwing beetle, and a female amberwing dragonfly all congregated on the mountain mint.
The male hummingbird returned. Cornell's Living Bird magazine had an article on how hummingbird feathers change color depending on their angle to the light. A female also visited the feeder. A buzzard soared against the clouds.
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