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Worm. The American Robins were very upset. About 50 minutes later, she caught a dragonfly, a Swamp Darner (I think), our biggest regularly occurring species. This is a daughter of the nest. One of her two recently-seen brothers.

Eastern Cottontail and frenemies…

Monarch butterfly egg. Unlike the Question Mark eggs I serendipitously photographed last week, these are relatively easy to get close to. (Well, this egg-hunting does require being on your hands and knees in the broiling sun….) Here’s just the shell of another.

Buffalo Treehopper/Sticocephala bisonia This one may be the same or a similar species.

Or, who’s got the chicken thigh?

The day after the Great Kestrel Massacre, there were two of these little falcons visible from our apartment. (I only managed to photograph one.) A few hours later, I first heard then spotted this youngster in Green-Wood, around the Old Chapel Lizard Hunting Grounds. This female was there too. I don’t know if she’s a…