A Carolina wren greeted sunshine under a hazy sky. A nervous cardinal grabbed a seed but son the dominant male chased him off. The dominant pair then kissed beaks. A house finch landed on the hummer feeder for no good reason. Another squirrel misjudged its jump and fell, this time out of the redwood so at least thirty feet, but I didn't see a corpse. A crow felt the need of another bath.
I saw a tiger swallowtail and the little butterfly I guessed was an azure. Four spiders needed to be evicted from the skimmer. I also removed a couple of scarabs from the water. A mosquito (or something with an interest in my blood) was annoying till I managed to splash it. As I dripped afterward, a female squirrel - the one with the odd patch of pale fur - came close in order to forage under the feeder. A brown thrasher was more cautious.
Two apparently female pileated woodpeckers landed. One ate suet while the other sat on the roof and watched. I guessed the one of the roof was a fledgling, no longer being fed by mama. Sunset turned rose and purple but I didn't bestir myself for any pictures.
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