Gloomy

The day was sunless and windless and the humidity encouraged mosquitoes.  A widow skimmer was on duty along with the spiders.  A monarch flitted around at lunch.  I rescued a rafting green June beetle, aka a fig beetle.  A green leafhopper, Siphanta acuta, came along with it.  Also I fished a mama spider and her little ones out of the skimmer.  

Geese made a big commotion on the creek.  A great blue heron preened on the dock.  The pileated pair visited the suet, one at a time.  Brown headed nuthatches queued up for seeds.  Bluebirds and blue jays came for barkbutter balls.  A Carolina wren made the rounds of the feeders.  I glimpsed a hummer.