Same bird, I think, on two separate days.

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The National Audubon Society, with assets of half a billion dollars and a President/CEO who makes over 1 million a year*, has joined forces with the likes of the tech-fascist Elon Musk and the Republican-corrupted Supreme Court to destroy what little labor protections there in this country. Audubon has in recent years turned out to…

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Through a milkweed leaf, a tell-tale silhouette: And elsewhere a male adult fueling up:

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All ages of Large Milkweed Bugs/Oncopeltus fasciatus may be seen congregating on Common Milkweed pods this time of year. To grow, nymphs need to shed the exoskeletons of their former selves. I caught this one just about to shake off the last of the husk or exuvia. An empty shell remains.

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An adult Eastern Boxelder Bug/Boisea trivittata. A true bug, of the order Hemiptera: they are suckers, not chewers like beetles. Also, unlike beetles, they have several nymphal stages or instars before they become adult (reproductives). Beetles go from egg to larva to adult. I saw these nymph Boxelder Bugs nearby:

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A narrow space between buildings on 36th Street here in Brooklyn. It’s a case study of opportunistic invasive species: Tree-of-heaven/Ailanthus altissima, at the front left; with what I think is Siberian elm/Ulmus pumila below it. Above is Princess Tree/Paulownia tomentosa. In the back and in bloom: Japanese Knotweed/Reynoutria japonica. This is a another look of…

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Two males around the same time, in close proximity. This one caught and ate a dragonfly. Earlier, this bird had been on the chapel, where the cross used to be before a lightning bolt blew it up last summer. (The difference the Sun makes….)

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Pigeons have been congregating on Common Hackberry branches barely strong enough to hold them. They are plucking off and eating the Nipplegalls created by Pachypsylla celtidismamma psyllids.

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Eleven more Monarchs on Thursday. Mostly eggs, on… … Common Milkweed sproutlings. And some caterpillars. This one is 15mm long. On grass right next to a small Common Milkweed. Adult male feeding on Butterfly Milkweed. This caterpillar’s about 5mm long. From Saturday, a 7mm long caterpillar. Found six eggs on Friday, two on Saturday. In…

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Bumble-rumble in Rosa rugosa.

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