Beautiful area! That pear tree and even the rabbits are in great condition. Everything looks well manicured. I’m thinking those rabbits will die of old age after a long happy life.
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Old age or obesity. These guys sure are living the dream. No predators and a steady supply of food.
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Lodidian was close: Mourning Cloak
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I moved this praying mantis yesterday to the salvia plants, it crossed my driveway and landed on a lavender bush, in the mean time, the moths are still at the salvia plants.
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My spicebush seedlings are already doing their job and attracting spicebush swallowtail butterflies.
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Spice bush makes a perfect tooth pick too.
Even a tooth brush in a pinch!
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Moved all the swallowtail caterpillars from my garden dill plants to the wild dill that grows along the tree-line. Amazing how much these little guys can eat!!
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I knew that. Can I blame autocorrect? Probably just typing in a hurry.
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This Pacific slope flycatcher or one of its descendants has built a nest under our deck 3 years in a row. While not a very fancy looking bird it has a lot of personality. It hangs out a few feet away from the porch and is barely afraid of people. We have named him “Fluffy”.
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Looks like a kind of stucco wall. Plenty for them to grab.
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It’s a stucco, I know my fence lizards can do it, but both my husband and I was surprised at this.
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Wow that’s amazing, it took me a while to see it.
I think this year I have a few praying mantises.
2 in the same vicinity, I hope they don’t eat each other
Zooming in
And another one
A third one
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Nice Katydid…(but they eat a lot of leaves).
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