serenissima: banded sphinx moth (beauty/nature)
serenissima ([personal profile] serenissima) wrote2009-09-23 01:16 pm
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More local wildlife

Fall is here. Equinox was yesterday. The nights are cool now.

[livejournal.com profile] aristeros and I were heading out shopping last week when we saw two deer, a mother and fawn, run away from somebody's front lawn. This morning while walking the dog, I saw a [presumably wild] pig in the grassy area beyond the houses. The dog didn't seem to notice. Maybe I should bring a camera on these walks.

Our hummingbird feeder is visited by finches and woodpeckers. I don't think the finches can get anything out of it, but the woodpeckers certainly can. I bought a pound of sugar at the grocery last week; we'll see how fast that gets used up between woodpeckers, bats and hummingbirds!

Also, last Sunday [livejournal.com profile] aristeros and I watched people catch, take measurements of, and band hummingbirds. We each got to hold one when it was time to release it. I could feel its pulse against the palm of my hand.

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