Monday, June 22, 2009

The Natives are Restless


The babies have hatched. I think the birds are Eurasian Tree Sparrows. It is amazing how hard the parents work to feed the little ones. Both keep a watchful eye on their nestlings in their very dry and safe home. The infant chirping is a beautiful noise. It was crazy hot in Missouri today. I had the windows in the car rolled down and both air vents pointing on snoozing Edith on our way to work. It is summer!! The fireflies and frogs have had a big presence this spring and now summer. It is really fun around here right now. On my Spice bush shrub, I happened upon a very cool caterpillar. Actually, it was the mature larva of the Spice bush Swallowtail, the Papillo troilus. To top it all off, tonight while in the pool there were bats overhead. Life is good.

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