A crow got breakfast where K had scattered barkbutter balls on the patio. I noticed it had some white spots on its right wing. A mockingbird ate from the dish which I refilled. So did a bluebird. There was water in the birdbath from yesterday's rain and enough humidity to keep it from evaporating.
The temperature rose so fast that I went swimming in the morning while there was still shade. Storm winds had re-trashed the water with leaves, needles, catkins, bark, and unidentified tree fragments. I rescued a bumblebee, a huge black ant, and three black beetles, but mostly I just kept sweeping up armloads of vegetative detritus.
The thermometer registered 98°. Only chickadees and titmice came out in the midday sun. I also saw a few wasps and one tiger swallowtail, but no dragonflies. Later in the afternoon, a fledgling crow begged outside my window. Its parent was refusing to feed it but keeping an eye on it.
At supper, a brown headed nuthatch joined the queue for seeds. A Carolina wren shopped around the feeders.
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