Monday, August 10, 2009

LOLsquirrel

funny pictures of cats with captions
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Practical garden folk art?

fail owned pwned pictures
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Friday, July 10, 2009

House wrens, brood two

These photos were taken Monday. For scale, that remaining egg is just slightly larger than one of those teeny gourmet jelly beans.



Thursday, July 9, 2009

My first-ever hummingbird photo



Took this a few weeks ago while visiting my in-laws.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Homegrown harvest



Left to right: Beet tops, chard, carrots ('Purple Haze'), yellow-stemmed and red-stemmed chard, eggplant ('Hansel')

Friday, June 5, 2009

Bye, bye birdies

Last day in the nest box. Come out, come out, says Mom.



Sunday, May 31, 2009

Brown thrasher on nest


Look closely (click on image) and you'll see her/him giving me the evil eye. The male and female share the responsibility of brooding. I can't tell them apart. This nest is positioned in a tangle of crossvine. First egg was laid May 17. There are four in all. Incubation is reportedly 11-14 days. I feel something will happen soon!

Entomology one-oh-one


house wren with earwig


house wren with spider

Friday, May 29, 2009

Name that worm?


I went out this evening to watch the house wrens taking food to their young in the bluebird box. Would've gotten better photos earlier in the day but it was too bleeping hot. I was more interested in identifying prey than in getting glamour shots, but the lighting was too poor to get sharp focus necessary for positive ID. Some kind of caterpillar?

Monday, May 25, 2009

Orange crush


Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa)


Blanket flower (Gaillardia)


Hypericum 'Albury Purple'


Marigolds

Friday, May 22, 2009

Almost blueberry season

Mother bluebird


A predator to be reckoned with. (Click to enlarge.)

Catalpa tree


at abandoned homestead

Rust



Saturday, May 9, 2009

Poppy + rain