Things you find in the yard!
Can you tell we've been watching the 100,000 pyramid?
When we first arrived at Uncle Al's a little over a month ago we were also watching...
BABIES!!!!
FEED ME!
A little more interested in what's out there.
Almost ready to leave the nest.
Daddy is always watching.
As is someone else.
When it comes to his flowers,
Uncle Al considers these Japanese Beetles quite the pest.
Pest or no you cannot deny that they are quite unique looking
and colorful to boot.
When Nicole first spotted this Song Sparrow
and this young Brown Headed Cow Bird she thought they were in a stare-off.
It didn't take long before the answer was clear. This poor little sparrow was wearing itself out trying to keep up with the appetite of this very big-little-one.
That is one BIG baby!
He could probably swallow his adoptive mom all in one bite if he wanted to!
The metal thing in the above photo is the tip of a dremel bit (about the size of a pencil tip).
The 'shrimp-like' critter is something that Nicole saw in Darlene's hair one day after she had been out spray painting under a tree.
Research revealed that it was a flatidae nymph (a planthopper). It actually did hop / jump quite far when disturbed.
What's really cool about these is that they develop into....
this!
(Note: Not our photo. We have not seen this phase yet.)
We arrived just in time for the bloom.
The pollinators have been very happy.
Just look at what they have to work with.
Until next time...