Swift Creek

Micrathena, a Neotropical woodland orb-weaver spider:

Rattle snake plantain:
White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda):
Wood Satyr:
A young Cricket Frog, they have a Y-shaped stripe on their back:

Stag Beetle

Knocking on our door last night...

Ella

Garden Update

Sophie

Dogbane Web Worm

Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth Caterpillar

The swifts have left the chimney

Last heard them 2 nights ago. They must have flocked up with other swifts and roosting elsewhere.

Front Yard Work

Polyphemus Moth Caterpillar

Front Yard Blooms

First Tomato Harvest

What lurks under the rain barrel

Slugs and planarians!

Swift Nest Fail

The chimney swift nestlings were most likely predated on 6/28. The day before that was the last day we heard any peeps. Raccoon? Squirrel?

Adults are still roosting in the chimney every night.