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The seasons have begun to change. When there is heat
or water or other stress the trees that are stressed
begin to change color. Here the trees in the meadow
always begin to turn first. The night hawks seem to
be more abundant this year than ever before because
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Snugged
down in the coop
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seeing more of them since the large flock has flown. OF course
the bugs are aplenty and that is what night hawks eat. Walking
across the lawn in the fog this morning I was overflown by
a bat. Bats normally can be expected to stay around into October
but most often are gone by Halloween. I did some cleaning
of the bee hives and set out the old and messy comb to be
cleaned up. Quite a show that is! I set the super and comb
on the front sidewalk of the office and the cloud of bees
convinced most everyone to use the other entrances. I shot
a very short video and the sound alone is really neat!
Wasp
with wax moth larvae
The cows are moving through late summer pasture and have
finished their meadow rotation. I don't like to keep them
in the meadows when it is this wet but doing so was unavoidable
this time. They grazed the pasture down in fine style and
are now in the upper field. Our now lingering pigeon hawk
has eaten about half a dozen of Alexis' chicks and we are
all on hawk watch. IT is really incredible to watch one of
these hawks pursuing a bird on the wing! Last Sunday on my
way to the Pleasantdale distribution, passing Ross' Corner
here in Augusta I saw a pigeon hawk chasing a small bird.
IT was really intense seeing the hawk right on that birds
tail and watching the bird maneuver to escape; flashing, darting
sprint in a mad dash to the tree line.
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