After overnight rain, morning was peaceful, except for hummer territorial disputes. A duskywing and many sawflies landed on the hibiscus. I soaked it and the rosemary in neem oil. A lot of detritus had fallen into the pool but all I rescued was one brown May beetle.
Caterpillars stripped the butterfly milkweed. A camouflage looper needed fresh accessories. I discovered a cobweb on the back of my chair, complete with spider. As I sent that spider scuttling and cleaned off the web, the closer Argiope fussed at me, pumping its web. At lunch, a tiger swallowtail knocked on the window.
A brown headed nuthatch wanted seeds whether I was there or not. A blue jay was not pleased that so few barkbutter balls were left. A mockingbird was disappointed too. Goldfinches got some seeds. A red bellied woodpecker lurked in the trees before daring to visit the feeder.
I had errands in the afternoon and saw thunderheads piling up in the South while the sky over the patio was still blue. A hummer monitored her feeder and fussed at larger birds. One hummer had a dark throat mark and a chestnut flank but I didn't see the color of its back. The brown headed nuthatch was back and a white breasted nuthatch came too. I'm not sure it got any food thanks to the house finches. Two of them got into a real fight. Waterbirds headed for roosts. I glimpsed a dragonfly but had expected to see more. A little after 6pm thunder and lightning heralded heavy rain.
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