As county fairs are happening around the state this month, the critters get to do some people watching as fair attendees pass by the livestock pens.
People Watching
Picture of the Day for July 14, 2023
This swallow looks a bit upset but at least not it isn’t swooping down and trying to scare me away.
Upset Swallow
Picture of the Day for July 13, 2023
The flower might be pretty but the spines of the bull thistle are rather sharp. Although found in every state, the bull thistle is non-native and was introduced to the United States in the early 1800s.
Bull Thistle Blossom
Picture of the Day for July 12, 2023
Hopefully this male Widow Skimmer doesn’t rest too long and gets back to eating my mosquitoes. The males often leaves the female after she lays her eggs instead of sticking around like many other dragonfly species do, thus leaving the female a widow.
Widow Skimmer
Picture of the Day for July 11, 2023
The little yellow crab spider remained almost unnoticeable until it moved from the yellow blossom to the green leaves. With their first four legs are larger than the hind legs, crab spiders have the capability of walking forward, backward, or sideways like a crab.
Goldenrod Crab Spider
Picture of the Day for July 10, 2023
A couple of brief showers rolled through this evening and it is fun to look at the billowing clouds off in the distance as they quickly change shape or even catch a glimpse of lightning in clouds.
Cloud Shapes
Picture of the Day for July 9, 2023
A deer has been wandering around in my yard the last week and she was only a few feet away from my basement door this morning. It probably was the same deer I scared later this afternoon when I was mowing my lawn, as it not one of the two does with little fawns.
Door Deer
Picture of the Day for July 8, 2023
When I see a bee, I think of honey, but most people not have a warm association with wasps, even though wasps do serve a purpose of eating insects and keeping other insect populations under control. But I still don’t like wasps as my body don’t like them and with one stinging me on the nose, I spent six hours at urgent care today with a very swollen face.
Nice Honey Bee
Picture of the Day for July 7, 2023
With the cooler temperatures and less humidity, I can finally have the windows open again and I heard the bluebird singing today besides the noisy wrens and the frogs add to the nature sounds when evening approaches.
Hearing the Frogs
Picture of the Day for July 6, 2023
Besides white-tail deer enjoying the leaves to eat, the monarch butterfly likes blossoms of the American Mountain Ash tree. This tree will have bright orange-red berries in the fall which many species of birds will eat.
Monarch on Mountain Ash
