While occasional Estate Finds are kind of lackluster, others serve as the first time that I’ve witnessed something cool, and this is one of those – though be warned, it’s also graphic and features nothing but snakes.
Yes, both of these species have been featured before – but not like this (geez that sounds like clickbait.) Doing some tasks out in the back
Heard the distinctive calls of the Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) while working at my desk, which is somewhat unusual – I’m never at my desk they don’t call very often, usually wheeling overhead silently. So I went out with the long lens and eventually snagged a nice shot of one perched in a tree nearby.
The bird passing overhead is a blue jay (Cyanocitta
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,