Monarch of the Meadow
The pollinator meadow at Lakeside Park was being put to good use this morning by a number of monarch butterflies that were busily feeding on nectar from the flowers:
The bird in the next photo, believe it or not, is a cardinal, be that one very wet and bedraggled cardinal. It was in the process of sunning itself in the bushes beside the parking area but appeared to be getting wetter from clambering through the dew-covered leaves of the bush:
Had it not been for the flight of this plume moth, I would never have known that it was there. As soon as the plume moth came to rest, the moth disappeared and in its place was what looked like a small twig or piece of grass. A survival tactic facilitated by the rolling up of the plume moth's wings:
A number of northern flickers congregated in the tops of the trees this morning, catching the first rays of the sun. This is something of a morning ritual for the northern flickers, but today I managed to find a reasonably close vantage point to snap a photo or two:
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The bird in the next photo, believe it or not, is a cardinal, be that one very wet and bedraggled cardinal. It was in the process of sunning itself in the bushes beside the parking area but appeared to be getting wetter from clambering through the dew-covered leaves of the bush:
Had it not been for the flight of this plume moth, I would never have known that it was there. As soon as the plume moth came to rest, the moth disappeared and in its place was what looked like a small twig or piece of grass. A survival tactic facilitated by the rolling up of the plume moth's wings:
Copyright © wildlakeside.blogpot.com 2019 Scott Atkinson All Rights Reserved.
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