At breakfast, the creek was burnished and glowing russet and green from sunlight on the bank. Crows noticed the fresh barkbutter balls but had difficulty with feeder dishes designed for songbirds.
The afternoon sun highlighted an orchard spider's web billowing in the breeze. Bumblebees found the goldenrod. A squirrel with a pecan gobstopper clung to the redwood bark.
I think a turtle was basking on the lake log, but late summer vegetation almost filled my view. Mallards rested on the dock. Later a pair paddled away, flirting with head bobs.
A bird I glimpsed and snapped turned out to be a thrush, probably a hermit thrush. But a different spotted bird showed up a little later -- a female flicker. They were both after dogwood berries but the flicker watched all around while I took a dozen pictures before it finally reached for a berry. Got it!. A mockingbird got a barkbutter ball and escaped while I was watching the others. Of course the cardinal clan ate seeds. One of the male fledglings was beginning to get a black mask.
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