Clone stamp replicates items not in the original sample

I'm using clone stamp.  In the attached image, I took a sample of the sky above the trees.  As I move the stamp around and click to paste the sample (to clone out dust spots, birds, etc.), other parts of the image get pasted as well.  For example, I'd wanted to copy only the blue sky I had originally selected to areas above the waterline and the trees, and the clone stamp actually pasted in pixels I hadn't originally selected!
This happens with other images as well, and on Windows as well as Mac.
Why is it doing that?  How can I stop it from happening?
Thanks in advance for any helpful advice.

First, thanks to both of you for taking time to help me with this.
Second, the Video Card information shows two entries:
Intel HD Graphics, type GPU, Built-In
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, type GPU, PCIe
I can't figure out how to take a screen shot since the keys I have to press to take the shot interfere with the Alt-Click required in CS5.  However, I can describe it as follows, using a chessboard analogy:
When my sample is taken at square B1 and I paste the sample onto square C1, there is no problem.  However, as I move across the chessboard, to (say) E1 and F1, the data that is just over the edge in square A1 will be copied to the analogous place on square D1 and E1, even though A1 wasn't part of the sample.
The problem doesn't happen all the time, only after I've been working for a while.  For example, I just tried to replicate the effect I experienced in the photo I posted, but the clone stamp worked properly.

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