Notophthalmus viridescens

The red eft season seems to go on for months. They like the garden, and perching on mushrooms hunting bugs out on the trail. Adults are supposed to have an olive color, but the guy below looks like the same species.

Oh, deer me, and a hummingbird

Ran across this mother and fawn reminding me of whose path this is anyway.

What's this?

(Sorry the photo's a little blurry, and the google rendering of the video above ... well let's say that it looks spectacular on a true HD display.)

The waxwings were out in the beechnut tree, berries just turning red. And of course, it has been hummingbird season for a few weeks:

Wildlife

It's been like the tropics for the last two weeks, every afternoon thunder showers clearing up before dusk. Kayaking now where we could snowshoe a few months ago ...

Waterlily, Loon, Toad & Bee

Dryocopus pileatus pair

My first post mentions giant woodpeckers, and here's a link to my video of this odd pair, taken the last day of spring: side-shot from the driveway.

Right in the front yard, these large birds took practically no attention to us as they were absorbed in some sort of dance ritual, bobbing and looking at eachother, hopping and pecking in coordination ... video ends as mosquitos attack in full force.

Enjoy: on the ground dancing, and where we saw them first, in the tree: more dancing around the tree

A flurry of giant silk moths!

The morning of 6/25, probably the same moth was sitting under the light.

Now we have had seven, I believe, different Luna Moths from 6/1 through 6/24, and on that last day a Polyphemus swooped in the screen door when I cracked it open to look at what was flying about. Another fairly large specimen, and even more beautiful than the Luna.

Come on Promethea and Cecropia!

Eye catch of the day

Upon reflection, the sky and clouds are all in the beholding orbital.

As a riddle, rather obscure, so zoom in and see for yourself!

Saturniidae

Two copies of Actias luna, Giant Silk Moths here.

6/1, Female with a notch in the left wing rests on the doorlight all day, and the male (below) appeared two days later.