Sunday, June 29, 2008

Red Milkweed Beetle (Charles River Peninsula)

Milkweed's in bloom at the Peninsula and all the milkweed-fed creatures are having a party. The exuberant variety of spring bird song has moved into early summer "feed me" cacophony, especially as the number of young red-winged blackbirds grows. Females explode from the long grass as you pass through.

Today's song: a lazy song sparrow duet, tree leaves rustling, mother oriole complaining.

New CRP discovery today: Cedar Waxwings. Though I didn't know it until I got home and zoomed into a photo I took of an "interesting" bird (from far away I thought it was a baby blue jay).


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