It was so humid when I got up that the windows were completely fogged. As the temperature rose the windows cleared, but the hot air stayed oppressively moist. I could see that the creek was a motionless mirror. A white breasted nuthatch, or perhaps more than one, came for seeds. It didn't linger. A female hummer found the sugar water.
I found a large camel cricket floating in the water. Then I found a female widow skimmer and put them both to dry in the sun. However, neither revived and they were still in the same spot in the afternoon. A field cricket jumped in after I got out and I didn't go back for it. A red spotted purple hung around while I swam but was nowhere to be found when I had the camera.
Despite threats from bees and wasps, K picked the first batch of figs. A skink ran down the wall while our lunch was grilling. A bluebird and its offspring flew to the top of the redwood. A Carolina wren continued work on the suet. Dragonflies argued over the perches. A skink moseyed along the grass edge. A bird with a black and white back like a woodpecker flew into the oak. I saw no red on it but I think it was a juvenile red bellied woodpecker. Brown headed nuthatches ventured out for seeds despite my proximity.
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