4/22/19

The trap I laid for beetles was a bust, it didn't work. I replaced the apple bait with raw bacon and we shall see what happens. Went on my now near daily walk today and spotted some cool things.

1.Red Swamp Crayfish.
looked like an escaped Easter lunch as it was uncooked and uneaten. Poor guy

2.Blue Dasher
Another Female, perched near my favorite ditch

Eastern Pondhawk
Now, this is exciting. I haven't documented this species before nor have I seen it in person. Beautiful female specimen. So vibrant

4.Western Mosquitofish
More of these, took more pictures because of how inflated the females are.

5.Common Pill Woodlouse
little roly poly, seemed lethargic. It was on the burning asphalt so it may of just been overheated, I guided it back into the long grass.

6.Broad-tipped Conehead
Got one picture before this guy flew off. Suppose he wasn't feeling very social. Still a lovely creature.

7.Fox Squirrel
I only noticed this squirrel because it was eating acorns so loud I heard it before I saw it.

8.European Starling
These pictures were hard to capture as the starlings were foraging a good distance away. I wonder if they got anything good

9.Northern Mockingbird
I only added this picture because this bird looks SO suspicious of me, gave me a good laugh

Encounters off camera: The usual, mockingbird, house sparrows, Northern Cardinal, and what I believe was a Carolina Wren but I couldn't get close enough to see. I did however accidentally spook a young Green Anole while misting my pitcher plant in the backyard. They had assumed a basking spot on the pot and I didn't see until they ran up the top of the swing it's hanged on. I don't know why it did this but it decided to basically jump for it's life off the swing and hit the ground. It scurried up the wall and gave me an odd eye. I felt bad for scaring him but it was just a spray bottle with water haha. I hope he makes it, he obviously is very good at evading predators.

Tomorrow, I shall see if my bacon bait has more luck than apples.

Note for myself: all observations captured were from 12:30- 1:10 PM temperature was around 78 degrees with a light breeze

Posted on April 22, 2019 11:14 PM by