The brown thrasher was back for more delicious barkbutter but K forgot to remove the cover. Problem solved, happy bird. Brown headed nuthatches had to deal with chickadees and house finches. They were both sneaky and bold. I put out the last of a batch of hummer juice and made a fresh batch. The hummers were satisfied. A Carolina wren wanted barkbutter balls and then so did a female bluebird. The molting mockingbird watched. Actually, I saw at least three mockingbirds hanging around. The male bluebird headed for seeds. Birds were also eating dogwood berries and green acorns.
The Argiope on the window switched sides on the web. Now it can keep an eye or four on us. I noticed it could move quite fast when something encountered the web. A spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata occupied the yellow rose. Caterpillars continued to eat rue. A tiger swallowtail and a red spotted purple eluded the camera but a cabbage white posed. A fussy wasp circled the mountain mint. When I swam in the morning the only thing I rescued was a two-lined spittlebug. In the afternoon, I noticed a frog on the top step of the ladder.
Several morning glories bloomed. There were no hibiscus flowers but two buds waiting for tomorrow. I detached a fragment of the big fungus to confirm its spore distribution system. As expected, the underside was covered with pores A gill mushroom poked up through the dirt nearby. The canna was covered with blooms. A volunteer sunflower made a bud.
A female goldfinch took a turn at the seed feeder and the male came to watch. Soon he had to join her but then she flew off with him in pursuit. A blue jay settled into the dogwood while others flew hither and yon. A white breasted nuthatch was too wary of me to get a seed. I went inside and a female red bellied woodpecker took over the feeder.
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