The hibiscus exploded with flowers. A late gladiolus spear blossomed. Hopeful bluebirds wanted a handout. I had put out some mealworms and the male scattered them everywhere. Hummingbirds found the feeder. A downy woodpecker inspected a pine tree.
A glass snail wedged itself into the door frame. There was a crab in the pool that I'm guessing escaped from a raccoon. I rescued a robber fly and some other bugs. A female blue dasher dragonfly paused a moment on the door to munch something it had caught. Another dragonfly buzzed the pool too fast for me to identify. A small skink crossed the patio.
Insects fed like they knew the weather was changing. I saw the mydas fly, a tiger swallowtail, a cabbage white, and I think a monarch. Many honeybees and an assortment of other bees and wasps, including leafcutter bees and a great golden digger wasp, made the mountain mint move as though it itched. A small, green bee disappeared before I returned with the camera but then I found an ailanthus moth, Atteva aurea.
The first thunderstorm finally arrived around 3pm. A pine warbler showed up drenched for some suet. It was followed by a wet Carolina wren. The storm that came through next brought darkness along with heavy rain and noise. There was a lull after 7pm, then another storm.
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