The goldfinches couldn't wait for the sunflower seeds to ripen. Two osprey soared in circles. A female hummer came for an evening meal. She was antsy and wouldn't settle on a perch. A downy woodpecker decided I was harmless.
I saw more butterflies today - skippers, snouts, and a red admiral. Lots of wasps and bees gathered on the mountain mint, also a wasp-mimic mydas fly. I rescued a robber fly along with several beetles.
A damselfly with orange eyes lurked beside the water. Orange bluet, Enallagma signatum, seems the best fit for identification. In the evening, I glimpsed dragonflies, but they were high and moving fast. The smoke haze didn't help.
The orchard spider still had its web slung from the dragonfly perch. It had caught a fly, I think. I tried to catch a firefly with its light on, but all I got were blurs.
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