More Misc. Nature, Summer/Fall of 2011

The view from the, uh, Nature Room!

Gray Hairstreak butterfly, July

July 23 storm clouds

August post storm sunset

"Polamalu" the Garden Spider!

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A hazy Terra Alta sunset in August

 Red Spotted Newt and faded Red Spotted Purple Butterfly

found in my In-law's garage, August.

Poor little bald female cardinal at work!

September storm flooding

Surprise late season Monarch caterpillars to butterflies!

Buckeye Butterfly

Just a beautiful early morning moon, Oct 15

A little tiny black spider captured this stinkbug in it's web....kept him fed for days!

Brother Cat....at it again! June 27, 2011

After Brother Cat's misadventure and illness following his disappearance, I vowed he would never be allowed to go outside ever again. Because he is so obnoxious in that he thinks it's amusing to awaken us at any give wee hour of the morning when he spends the night in the house, he spends his nights out on the large, enclosed sun porch, where he can also access the laundry room.

HOWEVER.....he somehow kept escaping!

On this particular morning, just before 8am, I heard all this howling and meowing. At first, I couldn't tell where it was coming from. It seemed to be coming from outside the (second floor) window of our bedroom. Opened the blinds, and look who was there!

Turns out the little *^%$$%^&* was getting out through a missing pane of glass in the louvers of the door! Mind you, this pane of missing glass was eye level to me, so about 5 and a half feet from the floor, and the space was only about 5 inches! We have fixed the problem, and he escapes no more. So far.........

Isn't he precious?

Recent Misc. Nature, Summer 2011

Moonrise, June 15

 

Another Snapper Rescue!

June 18

He's not very happy!

 

A young Red Spotted Newt, Big Run, June 19

Wildlife signs indicating I may see a bear. To date, Deer-1,345,999, Bear-ZERO!!

Virginia Ctenuchid Moth, Deep Creek, June 26

 

Polyphemus Moth, Terra Alta, June 26

 

Rosy Maple Moth

on the Flag, Terra Alta, July 2

Luna Moth on the Flag

Terra Alta, July 2

With flash....

..and without flash!

 Storm in Terra Alta, July 3rd

(yucca plant, too!)

Terra Alta sunset, July 3

We found a Robin nest in my In-Laws Crabapple tree!

You can just barely see it!

It started out with 4 eggs, but later, one was gone.

We went back and on July 17, we had babies! The nest was empty about a week and a half later. We missed the fledge.

Here is the infamous Sideling Hill Luna Moth...the one that wouldn't move and we thought was dead, only to find it very much alive when we got home that night!

Common Wood Nymph Butterflies were all over the place on the Field thistle! Terra Alta, July 17