Suddenly it was bringing-up-baby time in the back yard. A young cardinal whose beak hadn't yet changed to orange was learning to peck for itself around the birdbath. A Carolina wren joined the foraging, then went hunting in the mountain mint. We had a morning shower which caught me by surprise. I was making sun tea.
A cabbage white refreshed itself on mountain mint. I chased a little leafcutter bee that mostly defeated the camera's focus. A scoliid wasp was more cooperative. A black and orange beetle (I think) mimicked the wasps on the mountain mint. A skink scooted across the step.
A mockingbird came for carry-out for the family. The bluebirds' chick sat on the feeder hanger begging to be fed. I could almost see it trying to make the connection between the dish of food and getting fed, but it didn't quite grasp the concept. Instead it took a bath! Goldfinches swooped in to feed on the sunflower. The poor, bald cardinal watched an adult bluebird eat.
I saw the first skinklet of the summer swimming in the pool. I rescued it but made it sit for a portrait. I also rescued a woodlouse hunter spider, a polistes wasp, and a little green frog that was hanging out in the skimmer. The spider was also in the skimmer but not by choice.
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