A blue jay was up early as was a Carolina wren. Bluebirds arrived a little later. An American crow made several visits during the day. A male great blue skimmer used one of my dragonfly perches. The wind was still gusty but the creek was unruffled. The sun felt strong despite a hazy, milky sky. There were three orange daylily flowers today and the milkweed was an orange blaze.
In the afternoon, I saw two great crested flycatchers, and heard them too. They are as raucous as blue jays. A clump of dried leaves in the oak might have been a nest, or maybe just a broken branch. A brown headed nuthatch returned to the seed feeder. I counted at least four chickadees on the feeders and drinking from the ant moat. Their behavior made me wonder if they were siblings.
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