I found this cicada getting ready to molt after a thunderstorm. Many thanks to Pete Nickenig for providing the music!
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Robin Fledglings
Yesterday afternoon, a pair of robin fledglings tumbled out of a nearby tree. They hopped through a rabbit’s crawl-space under the fence, then spent several hours exploring our back yard…
Blue Jay Fledglings
The blue jay fledglings are beginning to spend some time in the open. I wonder if it’s due to growing confidence, or if it’s more a matter of growing hunger. It seems to be a lot of work, keeping them fed…
Rainy Day Repost
Another rainy day and another video from the summer archives. (I blame the rain, but it’s not the rain’s fault. Even if it does make me so sleepy I can hardly think.)
This video has a little history. In the process of identifying the caterpillar, I contacted our local wildlife columnist. She included one of my pictures in her column and published a follow-up column after another reader reported being stung.
Another Summer Video
I completely missed a beautiful morning, and now the sky is growling and gray. It’s a perfect afternoon for a new book and an old video. Here’s a luna moth caterpillar getting ready for winter:
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