Band-winged Meadowhawk
in morning dew at Prairie Hill Farm
photograph - © Bruce A. Morrison
Time is sneaking past me!!! I hope I'm not the only one that notices...it should "NOT" be September already!!!!
I'm
afraid I'm a victim of technology...my work/business computer was "blue
screening" me nearly every day this summer and I finally broke down and
bought a new one. Well - I found how difficult it is replacing 10
years worth of software and passwords!!! The software thing was a the
major "time eater" and is still my nemesis - Auuugggghhhhhh!!!!! Its
been 4 weeks and I still have some hurdles to get over...I liked Windows
7 better!!!! (Sorry for complaining so much.)
I
found a couple days ago I couldn't even interact with my blogs. 2 days
later (with no help from google!) I finally got control back and can no
longer procrastinate and am trying to get back to blogging once more.
(Oops, complaining again!)
We
are right in the middle of the Bird and Monarch migrations now. We had
our first Monarch Roost on August 30th and are just now hatching out
Monarchs in the pasture too...we'll see one more roost and they'll
likely all be on their way to Mexico! I do have a few caterpillars and
chrysalises here inside the studio...these are from eggs I found here on
the acreage and I brought them inside to "finish out" so as to give
them a better chance at reaching adulthood. (I've read that survival
can be as low as 5% in the wild for eggs and caterpillars - adopting and
keeping a watch can increase that a lot - so far I'm getting 100%
survival).
Monarch Roost at Prairie Hill Farm - 8-30-2018
photograph - © Bruce A. Morrison
It's
kind of a bittersweet thing when this time of the year comes along, and
all your "friends" start leaving. This morning we only have one
Baltimore Oriole left; we still have 2-3 Hummers around the feeders and
the Catbirds, Barn Swallows and Red-headed Woodpeckers are still
around. But it won't be long. At least that will bring our northern
fall migrants through and then our winter residents, so there's a bright
side to every thing that comes about.
If you haven't been out there, you might want to do so - Summer is sneaking past...don't miss it!
