So much actitity that my head was spinning.. dozens of spring azure butterflies flitting over large whie trilliums and a few forget -me-nots.. the ongoing battles between the 3 red-headeds with a Yellow-bellied sapsucker joing in the chase- a lone racoon feeding side by side next to the wood duck pair.. swainson’s thrush at the pond where an unidentfied dragonfly basked on the sun-warmed slate stones.. a bold male hummer nectaring beside me on the deck as a large lumbering bumble bee searched for pollen.. baltimore orioles gathering nest materials and the loud yodels of loons from the lake.. spritely american tree sparrows scratching next to wild columbines as a small flock of palm warblers wag their tails from nearby braches overhead..indigo butings seeking shelter in the spruce where a few ruby-crowned kinglets are gleaning unseen insects, but not before I gasp at their iridescent plumage. Then the unmistakable winnowing of an american woodcock as it displayed.. unseen but not unheard. I didn’t want to go back inside. Ever.