My very first post about a bird: summer tanagers. Well, I got a picture of a juvenile, and I figured out that the females are not green. On scarlet tanagers I do still think they are. So, they're really more of a pale orange or yellow sort of color, and the juveniles I guess tend to have red tints here and there, foreshadowing their days of glorious redness. For example, this juvenile down here. Do you see his red above his eyes? A little bit of red-orange in his feathers? I have no pictures of the females. Only this juvenile, which was mistaken for a female goldfinch. But it was not. I'm pretty sure I've seen some with Terrence, though. Emily reports that Norman found himself one, too.
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The yellow passionflower is back! I missed it last time, somehow. Blame the donkeys. It's a baby, and has no flowers. Maybe it will! Last year I observed it, and I think passionflowers are supposed to bloom on their second year. That may have just been the purple passionflower, though. Don't be tricked, though. The yellow passionflower looks quite like a relative of a saw green-brier. But I have risked fingers to make sure that it had no thorns. There are no thorns. I say saw green-brier because I've never seen another type. Also, someone else has confirmed it as a yellow passionflower, so pretty sure, now.
Goodbye. No more Turkish for now. Don't eat children. It's wrong. Those were not Carolina horsenettles, but I am not sure what they are.
It may not have been a green damselfly, but there are actually green damselflies. I saw one, again, maybe. It was definitely green. Probably some type of forktail. I shall have to get a picture. And also, the blue kinds of damselflies are many; too many. Not sure if all the ones seen around here are common bluets...
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PeTER tHOMERI like observing animals, especially birds. I also take care of the goats. I like goats. EMILY THOMERMy assistant photographer! She also takes care of African geese. YVONNE THOMERAnother assistant photographer! She takes care of the rabbits, and the hutch is teeming with crawly things. Archives
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