Red Spotted Purple caterpillar
(thanks to Brad on Caterpillars of Eastern US Facebook page for ID)
European Starling (juvenile)
Thanks to Alan M for the ID!
Halloween Pennant line up
Summer Azure
The above fruit-bearing tree (mulberry) was just full of birds: Baltimore Orioles, American Robins, European Starlings. They were making lots of noise. The flower field was beautiful with at least one butterfly among the blooms.
Great Spangled Fritillary
Delphinium
Strawflower
more Delphinium
Vegetables were looking good too!
Downy
Downy
Baltimore Oriole
American Red Squirrel
Red-Bellied Woodpecker (juvenile)
yet another woodpecker!
Silver-Spotted Skipper
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Halloween Pennant take-off
Red-Bellied Woodpecker (juvenile)
In the afternoon, I took a walk at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, MA.
Gray Catbird
Purple Poppy Mallow (sigh)
Gorgeous! Looks like a rose!
my only "wildlife" sighting
Banded Hairstreak
trying to drink from a decorative fountain
cute tiny frog #2 in the fountain
I checked all the lily pads for frogs the first time I walked by this fountain, and there weren't any, but when I walked by it again just before leaving, there were two tiny frogs on the lily pads. It would have been so easy to miss them!
I watched a butterfly flying all around my back yard today, and I joked that it was taunting me. Every time I went out back with my camera, it would disappear. Finally, I looked out and saw it land, so I grabbed my camera and ran back out there. Amazingly, it was still there but flew before I could get a photo. I stayed still, and it came back and landed a second time quite near where it had been.
Eastern Comma
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