Seemingly floating free, an early morning spider inspects the food its web has accrued through the night. -DOL
Summer conditions continued through the last two days with temperatures in the mid- to high-20s by the early afternoon. Each morning has been relatively cool and the resulting fog not only waters the plants (the trees drip until 9 or 10) but coats the innumerable spider webs that festoon the site. A formidable gauntlet for the small insects.
Fog outlines the very many webs that exist throughout the prairie grasses. -DOL
…and in the forest. -DOL
There has been a slow but steady flow of birds through the site:
September 19th; Banded 24:
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Marsh Wren
1 Swainson’s Thrush
5 Song Sparrows
1 Swamp Sparrow
3 Savannah Sparrows
3 Red-winged Blackbirds
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Northern Parula
Northern Parula. -JS
1 Magnolia Warbler
5 Indigo Buntings
ET’s: 38 spp.
September 20th; Banded 27:
2 Gray Catbirds
1 Swainson’s Thrush
9 White-throated Sparrows
1 Lincoln’s Sparrow
4 Common Yellowthroats
10 Indigo Buntings
ET’s: 28 spp.
Rick