The creek is very reflective this morning and the sky pure blue.An early jay patrolled the patio. A whole flock of juncos and some white throat sparrows were feeding in the back yard. A flock of crows has been harassing something up and down the creek. A kingfisher twice fled the racket. A lone buzzard sailed in circles downstream and a couple of great blue herons flew upstream. The geese are on the far bank today. A flock of red wing blackbirds landed in the neighbor's phragmites. The mallards are pairing off.
The forsythia is confused - the leaves are turning red but it is also blooming. The goldenrod is mostly gone. Large clumps of fluff are coming off the saltbush. The beauty berry is still loaded.A praying mantis appeared on the porch ceiling near where the argiope used to hang out. The stinkhorns are attracting flies and I wonder if that attracted the mantis? The photo is right side up, the mantis is upside down.
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