It’s been interesting living right on the edge of an ecosystem, and I know that makes little sense because we’re all within an ecosystem no matter what, but what I mean is, we can observe the behavior of the wildlife that uses the ponds throughout the year, at all times of the day and night, and so patterns emerge. We have yet to determine how regular they are, but we see shifts
Category: Nature
Some night finds
Just a couple of things found while poking around at night, nothing earth-shaking.
The orphaned white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns were mentioned in the previous post, and we found that they are not only regular visitors, they sleep over from time to time. These were taken from the vicinity of the door to Walkabout Studios.
Notably, this is not with the long lens, but
Estate find XXXI
Falling back on my ‘safety’ choice this week, since nothing exciting or unique presented itself, even when I went out looking. I might have had some lightning, had it not started raining just as I was heading out.
After spotting a very young fawn on the property some weeks back, we saw no young
Last chance for July
It’s that time of the month again – you have until midnight to get what you need from July, because after that it’s gone. We tried to warn you…
And that means it’s end-of-the-month abstract time, though I think I’m abusing the definition of that word again. But here it is anyway, free of charge, so file your complaints appropriately.
After one of
Down on The Bayou
That’s capitalized that way because it refers to a specific area we have three ponds, interconnected, and the southernmost one (which we only own half of) resembles nothing more than a bayou, so that’s how we refer to it. Up until this morning, I’d only seen it from the marshy banks at the northern tip, which allowed a
Blatant disregard
We have relatives over this week, so there hasn’t been a lot of time to find anything new, but while sorting, I did remind myself of this image, obtained the same time as this Estate Find, and set aside to be forgotten.
I mean, how could you resist this pose? The determination, the struggle against adversity?
This is here, by the way, in lieu of recognizing the holiday that fell today, which
A wee bit closer
After confirming that we had Mississippi kites (Ictinia mississippiensis) living in the immediate area, and strongly suspecting that they’d raised a brood within a few hundred meters, we’ve been seeing them off and on, mostly wheeling overhead – the few times I’ve seen them perched, they
Estate Find XXX
No, that doesn’t mean that it’s dirty.
I mentioned that I had two Magic Bucket of Variety finds this week, and this is the second, from a few days back. First I’ve seen in 21 years, since I was in Florida.
It took only a moment for me to recognize it, mostly because of those forelegs. We go in closer:
That is a giant water bug, and yes, that’s the common name,
For the children
The Girlfriend and I were out in the backyard early this evening and we spotted a red wasp with deep blue wings skimming close to the ground right near out feet, and quickly discovered why, as a fishing spider suddenly broke its camouflage by scampering off madly. It was clear that the wasp was one of the spider hunting varieties, and had just missed nailing the fishing spider. I bent down and identified
The Magic Bucket strikes again
The trash can that sits next to the outside door to Walkabout Studios, used primarily for the stinky trash that resin printing produces, has claimed another capture. For reasons unknown, wildlife keeps getting into the can only to be discovered later, and now it’s a semi-regular feature.
This was the find a couple of days ago:
Okay, this one isn’t too surprising