The drizzle continued in the morning but about 11am we began to dry out. A Carolina wren ate suet. I only located one of the spiders but all five monarch caterpillars were chomping away. One black swallowtail caterpillar was still eating rue and the chrysalis was still there. Despite the chill, I got in the pool and worked on all the leaves and needles that had blown in. In the course of that, I rescued two honeybees, a scarab beetle, and what I think was a ladybug larva. A hopeful mosquito got up in my face and a red spotted purple landed near me.
A small dark bird feasted on beautyberries. The light was poor and it was shaded and obscured by leaves but my overall impression was black and white. Nothing in the field guides matched. I had hoped the cold Northeast wind would at least bring some migrants and it may have been one. As I headed back inside, I saw a southern purple mint moth.
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