Birds and Bees Edtion
While there are still flowers blooming, the big shows of spring and summer are gone. That means I've spent more time watching the celosia right outside my window. It is all volunteer from last year and as most volunteer plants do, it is growing very well. This week it had a great influx of bees* and I'll show you some of them.
(*I am using the term "bee" in the most generic sense. These are mostly pictures of wasps and maybe a fly.)
Also, what would a week be if I didn't show you some difficult-to-make-out baby bird pictures? The baby sparrow should fledge any day now, and the baby bluebirds have just hatched. Last time I looked they still didn't have their eyes open. Also, there has been a male cardinal at the feeder with a somewhat bare head. It is molting season for many birds and I assume that is why he is bald.
For this week's Second Look,
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I really like the close-ups of the bugs against the flowers :)
ReplyDeleteSome of those bugs are pretty interesting looking. I started to try to identify them, but it was taking too long. Maybe it's time for another visit to the naturalist.
DeleteThat baby bird is adorable. Are they ever bothered by you getting close enough to photograph? I sat outside today watching a momma bird teaching her young 'ems to fly. It was the first I caught it this year. What shocked me was watching the mother fly up to one that was doing well and in mid-flight, their beaks met in what appeared to me to be a kiss. There was no food she was passing.
ReplyDeleteWith the last set of baby blue birds, the parents dive bombed me if I got close. It started with me opening the nest box and progressed to harassing me if I got within ten feet of it. I had my husband to start looking and they left him alone. The sparrows don't seem to care.
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