Country roads. Take me to enchantment. Amen. (2)
Studio version.
Roseate Spoonbill 21Sept2022
Butterflies Are in Bloom!
We are going into the second peak of Butterflies. Sweet. I have been seeing a lot lately: Monarch, Common Buckeye, Fiery Skipper, Tropical Checkered-skipper, Gulf Fritillary, Little Yellow, Hair-streak (not sure of species), and other Sklppers and Moths. And Butterflies. So get out around flowers and along the borders of woods and water. Enjoy the …
Dog-day Cicada (15Sept2022)
IDed for me on iNaturalist as “Neotibicen davisi, the Davis’ southeastern dog-day cicada or southern dog-day cicada.” Songs of Insects says in Davis’ Southeastern Dog-day Cicada (Neotibicen davisi davisi) “An attractive small cicada with rich brown and green markings, the Davis’ Southeastern Dog-day Cicada may be heard singing in coastal plain forests from New Jersey …
Interesting — but not recommended for some people: it is real, so some might call it “graphic” or “brutal,” even though the hunting and gathering of food is the same as what we humans do (though some humans do much, much “worse.”)
Red-tailed Hawk Feathers (14Sept2022)
Compare on The Feather Atlas. On Wikipedia, they say in the entry “Red-tailed Hawk:” “Generally it favors varied habitats with open woodland, woodland edge and open terrain. It is legally protected in Canada, Mexico, and the United States by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. … The red-tailed hawk is one of the largest members of …
Carolina Mantis (13Sept2022)
In “Mantids (Mantises),” the Missouri Department of Conservation writes: “Mantids frequent open, highly vegetated areas such as gardens, old fields and pastures, thickets, woodland borders, and other places where an abundance of plant types attract a wide variety of insects. Mantids, like ambush and assassin bugs, crab and jumping spiders, and robber flies, wait motionless …
Country roads. Take me to enchantment. Amen.
Live. 1972.