Donna Young

While working in the garden yesterday, I found a sunflower bloom on the ground. I do not know why it fell off the stem. I brought the sunflower inside to scan close up images of its parts. The image to the left is scanned at 100%. If you would like to see the rest of […]

Continued from the Green Caterpillar. This is a combo entry, more below.
After 34 days, the moth finally emerged from its pupa on May 27. The moth is plain and shades of brown. The image indicates that it has light yellow on its wings, but I think that is just a reflection of the flash. The […]

Rose-breasted grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
About the bird: mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov
These well-dressed birds frequent our feeder. They prefer the hopper feeder and they exhibit territorial behavior at the feeder. When the hopper feeder is empty, they will feed on the ground. Recently the hopper feeder was empty and there were at least 11 rose-breasted grosbeaks on the ground under […]

Last Saturday, April 21, I gathered leaf litter from the woods for my garden. I used a leaf rake to gather the litter. At some point in this task, I uncovered a green caterpillar. I picked it up along with leaf litter and placed it in a plastic container. After that, I continued working. Afterward, […]

I have not yet discovered which Crataegus my tree is. I found a website that has many images of pressed cuttings and there are many similar Crataegus varieties. My tree cutting looks similar to Crataegus angulata but it also looks similar to a few others as well. I will keep looking.