Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Even More Moths in the Neighbourhood

I have found several new moths since my last "moth" post.  

I was very happy to find a Primrose Moth as, although I have seen these before, this was the first time I was able to see and photograph its funny little face. :-)

Here are three views of the beautiful Primrose Moth (schinia florida):




And here are some more lovely moths:


Salt-and-pepper Looper Moth, syngrapha rectangula



A type of Engrailed moth


Briseis Underwing Moth, catocala briseis


White Underwing, catocala relicta 


Possible Once-married Underwing, catocala unijuga





Tuesday, August 4, 2020

The Four Young Hawks - final post

As I've been photographing the young hawks and they have become more independent, I don't always see all four of them together.  On Saturday (August 1st), however, I was lucky enough to find them together at the same time, allowing me to get a shot of each separate individual.  

So I thought I would post a July 8th nestling shot (all four in the nest) and then their individual portraits as young adults.  I feel like a parent documenting the "graduation" of my children!  And I will now deal with the "empty nest" syndrome (literally) ...