Friday, Sunny, 102°
I love the heat like a fish loves water. I absolutely had to go out for this. It was humid, the heat index was about 115 and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I didn’t think I’d see much, but I was pleasantly surprised. Not so much by the birds, but by the dragon flies. They were everywhere. I did get to see some birds too, like this house finch, an exceedingly rare sight the last several years after a parasite knocked out most of the population. I also got to see the Cormorant at Willow Pond again. I’m sure it was glad to be a pelagic bird on a day like this. Other birds were laying low, but that thing was just floating around out there like a battleship. It’s really quite a striking sight. 
The dragonflies really stole the show though. I’m sure someone out there knows all the species, but to me the dozens of them buzzing around the shores were just beautiful. I can’t add anything in words that would be better than the pictures so I’m just going to post them now. I feel so lucky to have witnessed this, a reward for braving the heat.
Not the clearest picture but there’s 3 dragonflies buzzing around in this one.
I decided at this point to go and see if the Phoebe’s were still at their nest, but did not realize that it had been almost two weeks since I visited them, and the nest is now empty, a reminder of an earlier part of summer. There’s something provoking about an empty bird nest that I’ve never been able to fully describe. But here’s a picture of the lake where they would catch bugs to bring to their babies:
As I wandered about I also got a shot of a sweltering Blue Jay, seen here, as well as a grave-top Cardinal, and that was all for this trip
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