A female towhee showed up at breakfast. Then two doves foraged. A juvenile cardinal joined them on the ground. On the feeder, a white breasted nuthatch was persistent. The female downy hoped for seeds too. A hummer didn't like having the woodpecker so close. She flared her tail and tried to look big.
When I got beck from the morning's errand, butterflies were arriving. A black swallowtail levitated over the rue. A tiger swallowtail floated over the pool. At least four fiery skippers and a snout fed on the mountain mint. A monarch passed through without stopping. A silver spotted skipper was attracted to the asters. Bees harassed it. A sulphur also went for the aster blossoms.
A Carolina wren inspected the premises. A bluebird alighted on the post, then had some seeds. The white breasted nuthatch and the towhee returned. And then the feral cat showed up. I was worried about the towhee so I went outside to keep the cat away. Of course that kept many of the birds away too.
Dragonflies gathered. A male pondhawk stayed close to the ground. A male widow skimmer flew into the trees. A female bar winged skimmer and a female slaty used the bamboo stakes.
I picked some blueberries but all I saw was a guinea paper wasp in the grass. On the mountain mint, the great golden digger wasps were back. In the pool, I saved a tiny skink, a frog, three fig beetles, and a bumblebee. A cicada was dead in the skimmer. A glass snail lay in the hot sun so I moved it. Two other skinks chased across the patio and I thought I heard a sort of chirpy bark. Another ambled toward me.
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