We awoke to a foggy, soggy morning, but eventually the sun came out for a bit although it never got very hot, just muggy.  When I went out to check my rain gauge, I found a very tired and wet bee in the cup, along with some unidentified bodies of other insects.  There was only .04 in. of precipitation in the tube, but it was brown with residue from whatever got caught in the cup.  I released the bee, but it was too soaking wet to fly, and with everything including the morning air still heavy with moisture, it probably took a long time for it to dry out.

These cobwebs (right) were scattered over the lawn - I counted four just on the back lawn.  All kinds of insects were busy last night.

We noticed we have tadpoles in the ditch water at the end of our driveway where the mailboxes are.  The culvert is almost entirely plugged and there is a nice little pool now home to at least a dozen of the little critters.  It will be interesting to watch them develop.

Speaking of developing, the osprey chicks are beginning to test their wings.  We noticed today that all three of the chicks have been banded.  We are wondering how the Audubon people accomplished that without getting beaten up by the mother osprey.  She keeps very close vigil and is only away from the nest for very short periods of time, so they would have had to act quickly.  The two older chicks will be jumping off the edge of the nest pretty soon, I think, and the third one will be about four days later.

We're also watching the Alaskan brown bears catching salmon.  It is a study in patience, both for the bears that mostly stand for long periods in the rushing water without catching a fish, and also for those of us who are watching via the web cam.  Not exciting so far, but still interesting.  There seem to be quite a number of people standing nearby the falls, too, when the camera swings far enough to show them.  I guess with all the fish to eat there isn't a lot of danger, but I still wouldn't want to get too close to those big guys.