Thursday, July 16, 2020

Ambush Bug - New Flowers - Sit Spot - July 17, 2020






Ambush Bug - Not Hiding






Spotted Jewelweed
Early Goldenrod
Culver's Root
Cup Plant
Grey-headed Prairie Coneflower


July 16, 2020 10:10 a.m.
Sit 537 Brush Pile W  : Cloudy 
+24° (+31°)  se 6-9 kph  77% humidity 

(Traffic noises)
Towhee,
White Vervain blooming nearby,
Dames Rocket blooming nearby,
Enchanters Nightshade blooming nearby,
White Avens blooming nearby,
Daisy Fleabane blooming nearby,
Agrimony blooming nearby,
Lopseed blooming nearby,
Blue Jays,
Some rain drops on tarp,
Unidentified chirps,
Crow,
Woodpecker tapping,
Mosquitoes,
(Train),
Extras:

12:15 a.m.- 3 or 4 fireflies,

5:35 From 2nd Floor Window - 
       Cardinals,
       Robins,
       Field Sparrow,
       Crows,
       Mourning Doves,
       Bats flying,

Along the Trails - 
Peewee,
1st Culver’s Root blooming,
1st Cup Plant blooming,
Yellow-billed Cuckoo,
Many Gypsy Moths!
1st Spotted Jewelweed blooming,
Catbird,
Wild Turkey,
Monarch Butterfly,
Ambush Bug,
Long Hover Fly,
Redstart,
Song Sparrow,
1st Early Goldenrod blooming,
Northern Pearly-eye Butterfly,
Little Wood-Satyr Butterflies,
Green Frogs in p.m,
1st Wild Parsnip blooming on Bethel Church Road,
Fleur-Ange killed almost 50 Gypsy Moths, 

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -
Red-winged Blackbirds,
Cardinal,
Mourning Doves,
Goldfinches,
White-breasted Nuthatch,
Chipping Sparrow
House Wren,
Chipmunk,
Black Squirrels,
Grey Squirrels.



Photo Site #6 - Close up of East Willow








2 comments:

Jenn Jilks said...

These are lovely!

Jenn Jilks said...

I think I spotted an ambush bug this a.m., too!