Birdfeeding
Aug. 17th, 2021 04:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithToday is partly cloudy and mild.
I fed the birds. I've seen house finches and doves, and heard a wren chattering at me.
The septic garden is swarming with wasps, vividly colored ones I've never seen before: metallic blue wings, black head, a yellow ring then a bright russet tail. Looking them up, I found that they are blue-winged wasps. And holy shit, I may have actually summoned them with all my grumbling about Japanese beetles and wanting something to eat them. Blue-winged wasps are grub parasites. Other than that, they're also avid nectar eaters, which explains why they're all over my flowers. :D
EDIT 8/17/21 -- I went out to stretch my legs and saw a pileus, or cap cloud, over a tall cumulus cloud. It was a thin crisp line of white above the top of the cloud, and only lasted a minute or two before the cloud grew through and absorbed it. Very pretty. I've only ever seen a cap over a mountain peak before. The natural world is full of so many interesting things, if you notice them.
I fed the birds. I've seen house finches and doves, and heard a wren chattering at me.
The septic garden is swarming with wasps, vividly colored ones I've never seen before: metallic blue wings, black head, a yellow ring then a bright russet tail. Looking them up, I found that they are blue-winged wasps. And holy shit, I may have actually summoned them with all my grumbling about Japanese beetles and wanting something to eat them. Blue-winged wasps are grub parasites. Other than that, they're also avid nectar eaters, which explains why they're all over my flowers. :D
EDIT 8/17/21 -- I went out to stretch my legs and saw a pileus, or cap cloud, over a tall cumulus cloud. It was a thin crisp line of white above the top of the cloud, and only lasted a minute or two before the cloud grew through and absorbed it. Very pretty. I've only ever seen a cap over a mountain peak before. The natural world is full of so many interesting things, if you notice them.
