I woke up to rain which continued intermittently all day. The newspaper reported we were 9" above average for the year thus far. During a lull, I saw a house wren and a hummer. The wren led the camera on a chase.
There was a longer lull in the late morning so I got a swim. Bees and wasps crowded the mountain mint along with a small black beetle with yellow wing covers and an ailanthus moth. Dragonflies came out briefly. A skinklet clambered through vegetation, then fell off. Sprinkles of rain sent me inside.
A clear view of the dock revealed a kingfisher. I think I saw a hint of a female's rust-colored belly band. It took off after another bird that might have been a sandpiper. Then a couple of them flew through the rain but were just a blur. The kingfisher returned but selected a perch obscured by vegetation.
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