Look through the railing, over the top left corner of the laptop screen. See it?
Now?
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
WFH
The view out my home office today, looking over my work laptop.
Look through the railing, over the top left corner of the laptop screen. See it?
Now?
Look through the railing, over the top left corner of the laptop screen. See it?
Now?
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Ménage à Trois
Of the reptilian variety.
Northern Water Snakes enjoying each other's company.
The fish should be afraid ...
(But they're fish, not smart enough to fear.)
Northern Water Snakes enjoying each other's company.
The fish should be afraid ...
(But they're fish, not smart enough to fear.)
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
It is the male that has the eponymous rose breast, and it's the one that gets noticed.
While the female is more cryptic colored, as befits a bird which needs to remain unseen while sitting on the eggs.
If it wasn't for the also eponymous gross (as in large) beak, one might think they were different species.
Good thing they don't get confused
While the female is more cryptic colored, as befits a bird which needs to remain unseen while sitting on the eggs.
If it wasn't for the also eponymous gross (as in large) beak, one might think they were different species.
Good thing they don't get confused
Slightly Less Itsy Bitsy
But still very small, six millimeters small.
Hentzia palmarum, a jumping spider. My favorite kind of spider.
Usually found on the lower branches of tree and shrubs, I know not why it was on the top of our recycling bin. It did seem in a hurry to get off.
This is a female, the males being dark brown above and black below, with a white band between. I've not seen one, yet. But if they are small and it the trees it might be a while.
I am noticing more of the small critters that share our yard. So maybe it won't be as long as I think.
You can find all of the Yard Critter posts listed here.
Hentzia palmarum, a jumping spider. My favorite kind of spider.
Usually found on the lower branches of tree and shrubs, I know not why it was on the top of our recycling bin. It did seem in a hurry to get off.
This is a female, the males being dark brown above and black below, with a white band between. I've not seen one, yet. But if they are small and it the trees it might be a while.
I am noticing more of the small critters that share our yard. So maybe it won't be as long as I think.
🕷 🕷 🕷 🕷 🕷
You can find all of the Yard Critter posts listed here.
Monday, May 11, 2020
Mournful Thyris
Just what exactly does a moth have to be mournful about?
Perhaps that no-one knows exactly what it is? Is it Thyris sepulchralis? BugGuide and Beadle and Leckie think so.
On the other had Ann-Marie Woods and The Moth Photographers Group think it is Pseudothyris sepulchralis. I'd be bummed too if someone thought I was a Pseudohomo sapiens.
But moths don't care about any of this (neither do most humans, just us crazy moth-ers).
Maybe because it is so small?
It is quite striking though, as evidenced by my noticing such a small critter (it's right there in the middle of the image).
I have no idea why it is mournful. And I don't know what "thyris" means either.
You can find all of the Yard Critter posts listed here.
Perhaps that no-one knows exactly what it is? Is it Thyris sepulchralis? BugGuide and Beadle and Leckie think so.
On the other had Ann-Marie Woods and The Moth Photographers Group think it is Pseudothyris sepulchralis. I'd be bummed too if someone thought I was a Pseudohomo sapiens.
But moths don't care about any of this (neither do most humans, just us crazy moth-ers).
Maybe because it is so small?
It is quite striking though, as evidenced by my noticing such a small critter (it's right there in the middle of the image).
I have no idea why it is mournful. And I don't know what "thyris" means either.
🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋
You can find all of the Yard Critter posts listed here.
Itsy Bitsy
I was heading out to get the mail, when I noticed that one frond of grass had little yellow flowers.
I had never see grass with yellow, or any other showy colored flowers. So I investigated.
Which means I walked over and grabbed the stalk to keep it from blowing about (it's been very windy here of late). And the 'flowers' started falling off. Albeit with lifelines.
Spiderlings.
Best I can tell, some type of Orb-Weaver, but the young are too similar for someone like me to ID to species.
Very cool, and for any arachnophobes reading, kinda creepy.
As part of our effort to convert 50% of our lawn to habitat, we aren't mowing this section of the yard. We're not planting anything there, we're just letting it go and seeing what comes up. Like these yellow 'flowers'. It is working already.
I had never see grass with yellow, or any other showy colored flowers. So I investigated.
Which means I walked over and grabbed the stalk to keep it from blowing about (it's been very windy here of late). And the 'flowers' started falling off. Albeit with lifelines.
Spiderlings.
Best I can tell, some type of Orb-Weaver, but the young are too similar for someone like me to ID to species.
Very cool, and for any arachnophobes reading, kinda creepy.
🌱 🕷 🌱 🕷 🌱
As part of our effort to convert 50% of our lawn to habitat, we aren't mowing this section of the yard. We're not planting anything there, we're just letting it go and seeing what comes up. Like these yellow 'flowers'. It is working already.
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