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Not
all animals like the heat. It is definitely 'dog days'
time. The humidity and heat are crushing. Of course the
cicadas are singing away and this is a sound of summers
that evokes memories of sitting on the screened in porch
and playing pinochle or monopoly. Of course that was really
only one or two summers but it was my most favorite recollection.
Life changed for me after those summers. The birds
are a bit subdued during the day time but we have a birdhouse
just under the porch eaves here
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Great
Ash Sphinx Moth saved from the cats.
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that has a family of wrens who have just hatched. I like
wrens. They are plucky, even feisty little birds and voracious
insect eaters. The parent birds bob and chatter at the cats
who lounge around the porch or are sleeping on the wood pile.
Come to think of it, for all the birds that the cats have
gotten over the years I can only remember one that was a wren.
This morning I saw a pair of Scarlet Tanagers chasing a robin
in the upper canopy of the woods margin along field A3. Really
neat to see the flash of color zipping along against the green
backdrop of the trees. This is the time of year when we try
to sit out in the evening to cool off. Our air conditioning
is the few fans that are pulling air through the house and
open windows so sitting out in the evening is to be preferred.
We generally last until the bugs get obnoxious and just as
the bats begin to dine. They really are amazing fliers! We
have quite a few that like to live under the fascia in the
various buildings. I don't chase them out because that keeps
them eating near the house at least when they are coming and
going. I tried to get a photo of a bat and you can imagine
how futile that has been. Just as well though, by dark it's
either office work or bed depending on the urgency for either.
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