Saturday, 22 June 2024

Saturday's Critters

 A tropical heat wave and then thunder storms and a cool down. Lotsa fun! The critters are busy.

I was quite excited to spot an Eastern Comma or Question Mark laying eggs on the Hops Vine. I'm working on taking macro photos of them. The Leaf Hopper was just a bonus!


It is tough telling apart the Question Mark and the Comma! They are so fast. We shall see what hatches...



I'm still not sure that we have a pregnant Fred or that we still have two of them. It seems late in the season. That said, s/he/they are fun to watch.
 

fred June 14 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Cinnamon and I went down to fetch trailcam cards and I could hear it. Finally I spotted it. Northern Flickers are beautiful birds! 

 

frog pond flicker from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

The Swallowtail has been drifting around the garden.
 

swallowtail from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Down in the forest, the porcupine is marking territory.

 

June 16 porcupine from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

After Booboo Bear rearranged Muskrat's home last week, Muskrat re-rearranged it!



 

June 17 muskrat from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.


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14 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Hello,
The muskrat does not like it's home being re-arranged.
I love all your butterflies, great captures.
Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

Jeanie said...

Muskrat and the bear. It sounds like a movie title! The butterflies are wonderful, no matter what their name! I hope you see baby Freddies soon!

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

You got lots of critter activity going on this week.

Them darn Grackles are what dominate my trail cam shots all summer long so far. Tem and squirrels eating from the bird feeders. I have all the squirrel and grackle shots I'll need for the rest of my life.

Anvilcloud said...

Happy Saturday

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

What gorgeous butterflies and fun videos of your critters! Happy weekend my friend!

RedPat said...

Fred is a mystery.

Red said...

There's some great competition between critters. The Fred story is interesting and has you stumped.

DUTA said...

I'm a great fan of butterflies, since my visit, many years ago, to the Valley of the Butterflies, outside the city of Rhodes (island of Rodos).
Fascinating valley, fascinating butterflies!

Elephant's Child said...

I wouldn't like my home being rearrranged by an interloper either.

Lowcarb team member said...

Happy Saturday.
Thanks for sharing your critters.

All the best Jan

Val Ewing said...

Beautiful macros of the insects!
Love your videos.
Be safe with that bear around!

Barbara Rogers said...

Loved hearing the flicker and Cinnamon talking to each other. Perhaps!

Jim and Barb's Adventures said...

You sure have quite the variety of critters! I've never heard of the comma or question mark. I'll have to look them up.

Divers and Sundry said...

Loving the bugs. And I'm always taken back by the bears. Wow! We have flickers here, but I've only seen one in the patio once. Striking birds!