An Ebony Jewelwing — a deluxe damselfly.
This is a spokesmodel for the raccoon mentioned here. A kit grabbed a couple of fireflies out of the air with its paws and snapped another from the air in one bite. It ate them with relish. Or it may have been onions. I've read many mammals find fireflies distasteful, but not this young'un.
A young robin dipping a toe in the water of being a flyer. OK, it’s dipping toes in that water.
It was a dark and stormy night — wind and 1.1” rain. It wasn’t really night. It was a dark and stormy late afternoon. Then the day took a deep breath and looked like this. It had been a towering storm.
A White-breasted Nuthatch checks under the hood of a bird feeder.