June 2017
Trail Cam Mystery Answered
June 22, 2017
Since early May, I have had a motion-sensitive trail cam next to Stiles Thomas bird drip.
I asked readers to see if they could I.D. the birds and critters that appeared.
Some are easy, some are difficult. We started with Wild Turkeys (above) and a Dark-eyed Junco that stuck around (below). Ginny C. was the first to I.D. them.
Backyard Wren Fest
June 20, 2017
The House Wrens in the Wright-Finn backyard are now parents of at least two hungry chicks.
Thought I'd share a few photos. I also have photos of one of the parents removing the equivalent of a dirty diaper, but thought I'd spare you.
By the way, this is the nesting box that replaced the one I wrote about in The Record a year ago. That column is here.
Monday Mystery 061917: Trail-Cam Pix
June 19, 2017
Since early May, I have had a motion-sensitive trail cam next to Stiles Thomas bird drip.
I have deleted thousands of images and kept a few, including a little surprise or two.
We can I.D. most of them. How about you? I'll post at least two a week so as no prolong the agony.
(I would have gotten a high-def trail cam but they cost three times as much.)
High Mountain Millipede
June 18, 2017
Saw this guy in the Franklin Clove at High Mountain yesterday.
It was crawling through the type of fungus I photographed last week.
Way cooler than Centipedes.
More on Millipedes here.