Spotted this babe in the woods Saturday. The first of many I am sure.Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Butterfloths
UPDATED: THESE ARE APPARENTLY SKIPPER (SILVER-SPOTTED) BUTTERFLIES ON A THISTLE! Thanks for the identification!
I don't know if these are moths or butterflies hence the name. They seem too pretty to be moths but ironically they are on decent flower emanating from a weed so who knows? I don't and if you know the weed/flower and/or name of the butterfloths feel free to comment below.
Luna Moth
Last year I encountered this monstrous moth with one of its "tails" missing. We had one land on a tree near a feeder this weekend and after realizing it wasn't a leaf stuck on the bark I took these photos.
Peek a boo
Yes, there are A LOT of deer in River Ridge and they eat just about everything except the asphalt on Sideling Mountain Trail but I liked these photos from the past week. There have been some pretty small fawns strolling around but I did not have a camera to capture them.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Annual Picnic
A prepicnic midweek shot of the park followed by a shot during the meeting.
Wildlife at the picnic included the usual discussion on snowplowing and road maintenance but there are usually Canadian Geese in the river nearby too.
The other wildlife attending was our daughter, Poppy, modeling the latest in River Ridge attire.
Plenty to report so far this summer
It was a hot weekend which is probably why one of our newest neighbors on Milo School Road noted a black bear heading into the woods near Panorama at the Peak just after Midnight on Friday evening while driving up for the annual picnic.
After 1.5 years I finally saw a cedar waxwing. Actually, there were several of them together on a pine tree. Juveniles are lighter in color and it takes about 2 years before they develop the wax-like bright wingtips seen on one of these birds. These birds were on a tree just off Detour Road. (CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE). One photo has three of them in it if you look closely.
The hummingbirds have returned and we finally had a male (ruby colored throat patch) at one of our newest hummingbird feeders.
Although we see turkey vultures circling up high every day it's rare to get too close to them on the ground but I was able to snap this picture off Milo School Road when I saw him take off from whatever he was eating and land near the road. They have no feathers on their head which may protect them from whatever diseases lurk in the carcasses they help in disposing.
After 1.5 years I finally saw a cedar waxwing. Actually, there were several of them together on a pine tree. Juveniles are lighter in color and it takes about 2 years before they develop the wax-like bright wingtips seen on one of these birds. These birds were on a tree just off Detour Road. (CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE). One photo has three of them in it if you look closely.
The hummingbirds have returned and we finally had a male (ruby colored throat patch) at one of our newest hummingbird feeders.
Although we see turkey vultures circling up high every day it's rare to get too close to them on the ground but I was able to snap this picture off Milo School Road when I saw him take off from whatever he was eating and land near the road. They have no feathers on their head which may protect them from whatever diseases lurk in the carcasses they help in disposing.
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