This Blue Jay appeared right outside my computer room window yesterday morning. He never did eat any seed, and I have peanuts out for them, but apparently he wasn't all that hungry. He kept looking at me maybe trying to tell me something like "How do you like this hair-do?"
"Can you see me now?"
"See, I don't have many head feathers."
This is a Milkweed Tiger moth caterpillar. They are about 1" long and can move very fast. I've seen quite a few this summer, but haven't seen the moth yet.
On my afternoon walk I found a white female Gypsy moth laying an egg case.
My one and only Sunflower.
Walking along the creek I spotted some minnows. While I was there a Belted Kingfisher swooped down from a bushy tree, hit the water, caught a small fish and was gone in a flash.
These ducks were on the creek again, I've studied them and decided they might be non breeding Wood ducks.
6 comments:
Your gypsy moth picture is very beautiful!
Nice of the Blue Jay to pop by and say hello. I like your sunflower, too. Wonderful pictures! We've had rainy conditions all week, but today we had some sunshine, which enticed me into the garden. Hope it continues for a while longer.
Funny bluejay! He needs to meet my bald female cardinal...a match made in heaven. I like that caterpillar...so frilly! That is a beautiful sunflower...now just wait for the goldfinches to pick it clean :-) How cool to see a kingfisher catch a fish! Those are interesting ducks...non-breeding??
Great shots! And seeing a Belted Kingfisher in action must have been AWESOME!!
I wonder if that Blue Jay was a juvenile?? or maybe molting?
Hi..you did do a blue jay post. How funny, the birds could be siblings. I wanted to let you know that I think the two wood ducks are young ducks. The second one looks like a little male just starting to get the facial markings. I can't really see the face of the first one to see what it is. I have some wood duck photos on my blog that look like them I think. --Michelle--
I found my wood duck/duckling post
Wood Ducks
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