Monday, May 19, 2025

Squirrels like oranges

It was lunchtime before I got to see any wildlife.  A brown headed nuthatch ignored me.  Wasps hunted, as did dragonflies.  The only way I could catch the fliers in a photo was against blue sky.  One was a twelve spotted skimmer.  Others had unmarked wings.  A beautiful painted skimmer, Libellula semifasciata perched briefly  

A commotion in the trees heralded a great crested flycatcher.   A bluebird found the barkbutter balls.  A cardinal male perched on the feeder hanger and fluttered his wings like a fledgling asking for food.  A skink scampered out of sight. 

I cut away the moldy half of a clementine and put the nice half outside for the birds.  Instead, a squirrel discovered it.  The rodent would eat a bit then wander off then come back.  Eventually nothing was left but fragments of rind. 




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