This one goes back a little too far, certainly not counting as this past week in any way, but I didn’t want it back-to-back with XIIX. Once again, I was out exploring at night by headlamp, but really, I was standing just outside the front door when I spotted a dark spot in the yard not far from the greenhouse. It was easily identified just by getting a little closer.
That’s
Well, not like a convention of reptiles…
First off, this serves as your reminder that Endangered Species Day is Friday, May 23rd (the third Friday in May,) which also falls on World Turtle Day, always the 23rd of May. No cheating and using an endangered turtle to celebrate both in one go, unless you actually can, and then go for it.
The example photo here is actually an endangered
Did I observe World Migratory Bird Day, you’re asking? Did I even complete the goal I set out for myself in an earlier post? Well, yes, though I actually had two, and one remains only half-completed.
First off, two days before the holiday, I was surprised to suddenly see a female wood duck shoot into the nest box without warning, revealing that it was currently in use, and so one of the goals
Several days back, The Girlfriend found a potted blue lobelia for me, which I’ve been intending to get for a while, because they’re blue, and I mean, seriously blue – more blue than any flower I’ve seen, more blue than almost any thing I’ve seen. Note that this is not the US native great blue lobelia, or blue cardinal flower, but an African
Or at least, badass-looking, anyway. The specimen you’re about to see is only about 20mm in leg spread – not especially large as far as spiders go, and it only appears this impressive because we’re going in so close. This was found within my outside trash basket, which I have because the resin 3D printer produces some heavy fumes, as does the stuff used to clean it all
Or at least, they were for a short while.
Back when the internet was out, I found two new subjects for photos and posts – except, i didn’t recognize either of them, and couldn’t post anyway. Now, it’s true that I have the Audubon Guides to both birds and reptiles & amphibians, but I’ve found them to be so inadequate that I haven’t used either in years, mostly
While trying to catch up with the backlog, naturally enough I went out yesterday and added quite a few photos to the queue, under a couple of different topics – one step forward, two back and all that. This post may help alleviate it a bit though, because it had more photos (and some brief video) dedicated to it than any other topic until yesterday, and so we return to the
While getting all of the photos for the latest Estate Find, a set of bonuses simply walked right in, literally. I was sitting on the steps down from the deck with the camera and long lens in hand, just snagging pics of opportunity of the dusky Canada geese, when I spotted activity from the edge of the pond.
I don’t have to tell you this is a wood duck (Aix sponsa,)
This one was exactly a week ago, but I already had the Estate Find posted, plus in the late morning we lost internet. However, we’re going to build to this one a little.
I’ve mentioned before about the subspecies of Canada goose that’s been hanging around, a dusky Canada goose (Branta
Just clearing out a couple more photos from the backlog where I can. These were from the other night, while I was poking around with the headlamp, as is my wont. I’m quite used to seeing the bright blue ‘stars’ from the lawn that signify spider eyes reflecting the light, but the location of this one drew me in closer, since it was on the wall of the house. The odd appearance of