We had goldfinches for breakfast again. The hibiscus continued to bloom and a rose bloomed too. A scattering of leaves on one dogwood turned fall colors. I had a mid day event which cut into my outdoor time. On the way there and back I saw lots of dragonflies riding the asphalt thermals. Some buzzards were doing the same only much higher.
As soon as I got home I went straight into the pool. I rescued a camel cricket and a fig beetle. There was a frog but it mostly hid from me. A blue dasher perched, waiting for its dinner to fly by. Many black swallowtail caterpillars at all stages nibbled rue leaves. I wonder if rue makes them taste bad the way milkweed does for monarchs? The monarch caterpillars seemed fewer and bigger. The wandering Argiope was still too close for comfort.
A hummingbird kept watch over its feeder from a dead dogwood twig. At supper, a yellow crowned night heron swooped onto a redwood branch. A mockingbird checked for leftover barkbutter balls. The goldfinches were frustrated by a miserly house finch.
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