Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Praying Mantis & Others

Although this guy looks huge in this close up he is only actually about an inch and a half long. I found him climbing around the tool shed as I was watering some of the plants this evening. He was very cooperative about having his photo taken. He only jumped out of the way once and that was into some of the flowers where he was much more camouflaged.

After watering the yard for a bit I noticed a beautiful male cardinal perched in the birch tree in the front yard. Too elusive for a photo but quite striking. Then there were the yellow finches that decided that it had cooled down enough to come out and play in the birdbath. I also saw a gray squirrel at the edge of the driveway drinking from a puddle of water.

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