| Author | |
Tina P.
Forum All-Star
Joined: June 28 2005
Location: N/A
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1638
|
| Posted: May 14 2007 at 7:52pm | IP Logged
|
 |
|
Our bat was definitely a tiny insect-eater (that's a really good thing!  ). It was so tiny! My guess is that he was a Western small-footed Myotis, Silver Haired, or a Western Pipestrelle.
At our feeder yesterday, we had a Western Tanager and another mostly yellow bird that was bigger than a finch, but that flitted away before I could identify it. Maybe they were male and female of the same species? But the yellow bird we saw was *really bright.* Any ideas?
__________________
Tina, wife to one and mom to 9 + 3 in heaven
Mary's Muse
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Dawn
Forum All-Star
Joined: June 12 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3191
|
| Posted: May 18 2007 at 10:17am | IP Logged
|
|
|
I wasn't able to get them all photographed, but we saw a whole bunch of new birds in our yard yesterday! 
Here's my post with links to the new birds: Canada warbler, Yellow-throated warbler, Magnolia warbler and American redstart.
We also welcomed the return of our catbird and a pair of nesting Carolina wrens. We're just waiting to see the orioles now! 
Tina P. wrote:
| At our feeder yesterday, we had a Western Tanager and another mostly yellow bird that was bigger than a finch, but that flitted away before I could identify it. Maybe they were male and female of the same species? But the yellow bird we saw was *really bright.* Any ideas? |
|
|
Tina, could it have been a warbler? Many of them are very yellow. Or perhaps an American goldfinch? Oops, I see you said it was bigger than a finch. 
__________________
Dawn, mum to 3 boys 
By Sun and Candlelight
The Nature Corner
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
lapazfarm
Forum All-Star
Joined: July 21 2005
Location: Alaska
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6082
|
| Posted: May 18 2007 at 10:40am | IP Logged
|
|
|
That tanager is gorgeous!
__________________
Theresa
us-schooling in beautiful Fairbanks, Alaska.
LaPaz Home Learning
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Dawn
Forum All-Star
Joined: June 12 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3191
|
| Posted: May 21 2007 at 12:04pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
We just had a hummingbird visit our Our Lady of Grace birdfeeder! 
__________________
Dawn, mum to 3 boys
By Sun and Candlelight
The Nature Corner
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Dawn
Forum All-Star
Joined: June 12 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3191
|
| Posted: June 29 2007 at 7:05pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I took a picture of a really neat spider in the garden today (it's one of my Friday Photos). Never seen one like him before, but I think we might have identified it at Bugguide.net: orchard orbweaver.
__________________
Dawn, mum to 3 boys
By Sun and Candlelight
The Nature Corner
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Momto5minnies
Forum Newbie
Joined: June 25 2007
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3
|
| Posted: June 30 2007 at 12:00am | IP Logged
|
|
|
My 2 year old found this a few weeks ago ...
NO FEET
This is as much excitement as I like
Elaine, mom to 5 girls
"A Wink and a Smile"
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
lapazfarm
Forum All-Star
Joined: July 21 2005
Location: Alaska
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6082
|
| Posted: June 30 2007 at 2:09am | IP Logged
|
|
|
Dawn, I love the spider pic. I have a special fondness for the orchard spider, as it was one of the very first spiders I learned to identify. Plus it is just so darn pretty with it's silvery abdomen and bright green legs.
__________________
Theresa
us-schooling in beautiful Fairbanks, Alaska.
LaPaz Home Learning
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Dawn
Forum All-Star
Joined: June 12 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3191
|
| Posted: June 30 2007 at 4:38am | IP Logged
|
|
|
lapazfarm wrote:
| Dawn, I love the spider pic. I have a special fondness for the orchard spider, as it was one of the very first spiders I learned to identify. Plus it is just so darn pretty with it's silvery abdomen and bright green legs. |
|
|
Oh Theresa, I'm glad you saw this! I was hoping you'd take a look and confirm (or deny) our findings. It really is a very cool spider (and I never thought I'd say that about any spider!). 
I've been thinking of you recently as I've been trapping and releasing HUGE jumping spiders in our house.  I remember last year you told me they were harmless and so I make sure we get them out without harm.
__________________
Dawn, mum to 3 boys
By Sun and Candlelight
The Nature Corner
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Rachel May
Forum All-Star
Joined: June 24 2005
Location: Kansas
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2057
|
| Posted: June 30 2007 at 10:01am | IP Logged
|
|
|
We had a nice surprise this morning. A snowberry clearwing moth oblingly sat on the screen of the music room while we ran back and forth from the computer to try to identify him. After a while, we went outside to check out his other side and try to suck him in the bug vacuum, but he was too big. That got him stirring though, and we observed his flight pattern and eating habits before we came in.
We used this site to help us do our observation. Anthony loves nature, but I admit to not being great at observations and ids so I was pretty excited that we were able to figure this guy out!
__________________
Rachel
Thomas and Anthony (10), Maria (8), Charles (6), Cecilia (5), James (3), and Joseph (1)
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
LaMere Academy
Forum Rookie
Joined: Oct 07 2006
Location: Florida
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 17
|
| Posted: June 30 2007 at 11:12am | IP Logged
|
|
|
Lissa wrote:
This little guy is not a rarity in these parts, but we're always happy to see him. A five-lined skink lives under our porch and spends his (her?) mornings basking on our front steps. Scroll down to the second picture, the one with the blue tail--that looks exactly like our little friend.
The website says males' tails turn brown as they mature, so perhaps our skink is indeed a female. The blue tail is gorgeous. |
|
|
My son just caught a 5 lined skink a few weeks ago. Now he lives in a tank in his room along with a southern toad he caught last week.
They've been great for all the children to observe.
__________________
~Becky
Mom to:
Zarek 12 and Alexis 11~using MFW 1850-Modern
Caitlyn 8 and Brett 7~Using FIAR
LaMere Academy
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Tina P.
Forum All-Star
Joined: June 28 2005
Location: N/A
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1638
|
| Posted: July 02 2007 at 3:30pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
We recently visited Wisconsin. Does my brother's backyard qualify? I know that most of these will be very common to you, but to this midwesterner transplanted to the west, they were a sight for sore eyes. We saw:
cardinals
cowbirds
blue jays
gold finches
purple finches
red-wing blackbirds (we *hear* them here ... by Sam's Club, of all places ... but we don't see them)
rose breasted grosbeaks
ruby-throated hummingbirds
ladderbacked woodpeckers
and a gorgeous pair of orioles
Oh ... I miss my roots!
__________________
Tina, wife to one and mom to 9 + 3 in heaven
Mary's Muse
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Cay Gibson
Forum All-Star
Joined: July 16 2005
Location: Louisiana
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5193
|
| Posted: July 03 2007 at 10:19pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
In our backyard...literally...well, our state's backyard anyway. It was sighted by a charter-boat captain who lives in Lake Charles (ten minutes from our city) out on the Calcasieu Lake.
A Pink Dolphin
__________________
Cay Gibson
"There are 49 states, then there is Louisiana." ~ Chef Emeril
wife to Mark '86
mom to 5
Cajun Cottage Under the Oaks
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Karen T
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 16 2005
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 927
|
| Posted: July 07 2007 at 10:19am | IP Logged
|
|
|
We've lived in our present house for 9 yrs and a pair of cardinals has always nested somewhere in our front bushes. We even had all the bushes removed several years ago due to some problems and planted new ones. I've never been able to see the nests or the babies. This year we have been fortunate to see 4 fledged babies at our front yard feeder and on the ground around the bushes. The males are still not as bright as the adults but are getting there.
Karen T
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Oney Jones
Forum Rookie
Joined: June 11 2007
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 28
|
| Posted: July 13 2007 at 11:57am | IP Logged
|
|
|
Robins in our yard. Read about it on our homeschool blog
Acorns to Oaks
__________________
Oney
Mom to 3
Tea at Three
Acorns to Oaks
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Dawn
Forum All-Star
Joined: June 12 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3191
|
| Posted: July 13 2007 at 5:00pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Oney Jones wrote:
Robins in our yard. Read about it on our homeschool blog
Acorns to Oaks |
|
|
Ooh, what a great photo!!
__________________
Dawn, mum to 3 boys
By Sun and Candlelight
The Nature Corner
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
joann10
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 10 2007
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3493
|
| Posted: March 11 2008 at 8:46am | IP Logged
|
|
|
The gobblers have returned!!  Here they are!!
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
MacBeth
Forum All-Star
Probably at the beach...
Joined: Jan 27 2005
Location: New York
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2518
|
| Posted: March 11 2008 at 11:48am | IP Logged
|
|
|
Wild turkeys are so widespread; I have seen them in Massachusetts and Mexico, and just about every state we have visited, including Colorado last summer, but I have never gotten a really good photo, especially one where you can see the blue parts so well. Great photo Joann!
__________________
God Bless!
MacBeth in NY
Don's wife since '88; "Mom" to the Fab 4
Nature Study
MacBeth's Blog
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
donnalynn
Forum All-Star
Joined: July 24 2006
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 581
|
| Posted: April 16 2008 at 8:10pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
+
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
MacBeth
Forum All-Star
Probably at the beach...
Joined: Jan 27 2005
Location: New York
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2518
|
| Posted: April 16 2008 at 8:51pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
donnalynn wrote:
| We had a bear right outside our back door this evening! |
|
|
Oh my!!!
Great photo !
__________________
God Bless!
MacBeth in NY
Don's wife since '88; "Mom" to the Fab 4
Nature Study
MacBeth's Blog
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
marihalojen
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 12 2006
Location: Florida
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1883
|
| Posted: April 17 2008 at 11:26am | IP Logged
|
|
|
Donna, I was amazed when I clicked over to your blog this morning! Amazed and  both!
Cool photos!
__________________
~Jennifer
Mother to Mariannna, age 13
The Mari Hal-O-Jen
SSR = Sailing, Snorkling, Reading
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
4Real Forums : Exploring God's Creation in Nature and Science
Topic: Look what I just saw in my yard!
