Our Goat - Primrose - Sit Spot #609 - September 27, 2020

Our Goat, Alice

was 13 years old in May.

Life expectancy for Angora Goats is 10 years. 

Evening Primrose

having a second season.

See the seeds turned brown behind the flower.

September 27, 2020 10:40 a.m.

Sit 609  : Brush Pile W : Partly cloudy 

+21° (+23°)  sw 30-41 kph 73% humidity 

Blue Jays,

Wind in trees,

(Traffic noises),

Unidentified chirps,

Tall Goldenrod blooming nearby,

Canada Goldenrod blooming nearby,

Daisy Fleabane blooming nearby,

Calico Aster blooming nearby,

Arrow-leaved Aster blooming nearby,

Extras:

3:00 a.m. - Cricket & Insect calls,

7:00 a.m. -

       Cricket & Insect calls,

       (Traffic noise),

        Bats flying, 

Along the trails -

Crows,

Blue Jays,

Sulphur Butterfly,

Crickets calling,

Chickadees,

Robins, 

Bats flying in p.m. too,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder - 

Blue Jays,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Red-breasted Nuthatch,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Downy Woodpecker,

Chipmunk,

Black Squirrels,

Red Squirrel.

Photo Site #2 - East Willow

Aster - Sit Spot #608 - September 26, 2020

New England Aster

September 26, 2020 4:40 p.m.

Sit 608  : Brush Pile W : Sunny 

+26° (+30°)  sw 26-35 kph  48% humidity 

Wind in trees,

(Traffic noises),

Insect calls,

Prop Plane,

Canada Goldenrod blooming nearby,

Tall Goldenrod blooming nearby,

Daisy Fleabane blooming nearby,

Calico Aster blooming nearby,

Arrow-leaved Aster blooming nearby,

Extras:

1:00 a.m. - Insect calls,

6:50 a.m. -

       (Traffic noises),

        Crows,

Along the trails -

Many Walnut leaves falling,

Blue Jays,

Crows,

Crickets & insect calls,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder - 

Blue Jays,

Cardinal,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Red-breasted Nuthatch,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Downy Woodpecker,

Chipmunk.

Photo Site #3 - West Meadow Viewpoint

Praying Mantis - Sit Spot #607 - September 25, 2020

Praying Mantis

I was trying to get the Mantis in focus

with my iPhone and got this;

I decided to keep the photo as

I liked the way it turned out.

September 25, 2020 10:25 a.m.

Sit 607  : Brush Pile W : Sunny 

+19° (+19°) s 4-6 kph  68% humidity 

Blue Jays,

Downy Woodpecker,

Crows,

(Traffic noises),

Chipmunk Chipping,

Flicker,

Bees on Goldenrods,

Insect calls,

Canada Goldenrod blooming nearby,

Tall Goldenrod blooming nearby,

Calico Aster blooming nearby,

Arrow-leaved Aster blooming nearby,

 Daisy Fleabane blooming nearby,

Extras:

1:00 a.m.- Crickets & insects calling, 

6:50 a.m.- (Traffic noises),

Along the trails -

Robins,

Crows,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Monarch Butterfly,

Cabbage White Butterfly,

Red Dragonflies,

Chipmunk Chipping,

Crickets & insects calling,

Garter Snake,

Chickadees,

Praying Mantis,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder - 

Blue Jays,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Red-breasted Nuthatch,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Chipmunk,

Black Squirrels,

Red Squrrels. 

Photo Site #5 - Front "Forest" Trail

Puffball - Caterpillar - Sunset - Sit Spot #606 - September 24, 2020

Giant Puffball Mushroom

Found by a trail that I walked yesterday

and where I did not see it yesterday.

How fast do they grow?

Did it grow this big in one day

or was I sleepwalking yesterday?

Dogwood Sawfly Larva

They have stripped one of our Dogwoods of all leaves.

Nice colours for sunset this evening.

September 24, 2020 10:40 a.m.

Sit 606  : Brush Pile W : Cloudy 

+19° (+20°)

Blue Jays,

Crows,

(Traffic noise),

Siren in distance,

Tall Goldenrod blooming nearby,

Canada Goldenrod blooming nearby,

Daisy Fleabane blooming nearby,

Arrow-leaved Aster blooming nearby,

Calico Aster blooming nearby,

Cricket & Insect calls,

Catbird,

Unidentified chirps,

Extras :

1:00 a.m.- Crickets & insects calling, 

5:50 a.m.- (Traffic noises),

Along the trails -

Crows,

Blue Jays,

Crickets,

Cardinal,

Flock of Blackbirds overhead,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Insect calls,

Little low flying beige moths,

Chickadees,

Sulphur Butterfly,

Flicker,

Dogwood Sawfly,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder - 

Rusty Blackbird,

Blue Jays,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Grackles,

Red-breasted Nuthatch,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Chipmunk,

Black Squirrels,

Red Squrrels. 

Photo Site #2 - East Willow

Jack-in-Pulpit - Sit Spot #605 - September 23, 2020

Something took or ate all the berries

from this Jack-in-the-Pulpit.

This is the support structure under the seeds.

September 23, 2020 10:15 a.m.

Sit 605  : Brush Pile W : Sunny 

+15° (+15°) W 7-11 kph 82% humidity 

Crows,

Blue Jays,

Cricket & Insect calls,

Chipmunk Chipping,

(Jet, traffic noise),

(Republic Airlines Flight 8809...),

Robins,

Tall Goldenrod blooming nearby,

Canada Goldenrod blooming nearby,

Calico Aster blooming nearby,

Arrow-leaved Aster blooming nearby,

Daisy Fleabane blooming nearby,

Extras:

12:15 a.m.- Crickets &insects calling, 

6:50 a.m.-

       Crickets & insects calling, 

       Crows,

       (Traffic noises),

Along the trails -

Cricket & Insect calls,

Spring Peepers,

White-throated Sparrow,

Blue Jays,

Crows, 

Small low flying beige moths,

Bees buzzing around my head,

Many bats in p.m.,

(While trying to brush away bees

 from my head and hair, I accidentally 

 also brushed away my right hearing aid.

 I was not able to find it again in the

 Goldenrods, Asters, Dogbanes and Grass.)

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder - 

Blue Jays,

Chickadees,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Red-breasted Nuthatch,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Song Sparrow on west side of kitchen,

Chipmunk,

Black Squirrels,

Gray Squirrels.

Photo Site #6 - Close up of the east Willow