Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Mostly arthropods

On the lake, a turtle awaited the sun.  Two buckeyes feasted on the mountain mint among the bees ans wasps.  Blue dashers stood guard.

I was on the computer too much, but finally got into the water.  There,I rescued a sidewalk tiger beetle and a horntail.  Both were slow to recover.  A spider rode a leaf so I let it be.  Instead, I wasted time trying to catch a dragonfly in mid air.  Finally I caught the twelve spotted skimmer.  A widow skimmer perched right behind me. 

A Carolina wren serenaded me.  A juvenile brown thrasher took a dust bath while another hunted bugs.  It appears that an immature brown thrasher's eyes are brown not yellow.  Down by the dock, a yellow-crowned night heron hunted crabs. 



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