Latest Posts by bountifulbombus - Page 3

I wish I knew how to identify mushrooms.

Update: I just found out he likes blueberries.

Okay, so, one of my hissing cockroaches is eating the wood in his terrarium. I didn’t think that he’d eat the wood?? Maybe there’s something on it that he’s eating. The only other thing I know he’ll eat is strawberries and bananas. I’m still trying to find out what he likes.

Okay, so, one of my hissing cockroaches is eating the wood in his terrarium. I didn't think that he'd eat the wood?? Maybe there's something on it that he's eating. The only other thing I know he'll eat is strawberries and bananas. I'm still trying to find out what he likes.

This is Woodrow. He's precious.

Bombus Fervidus - Yellow Bumblebee

Charadrius vociferus - Killdeer

I love this killdeer so much.

Tachycineta bicolor - Tree Swallow

I was attacked by a flock of swallows to get this picture.

Bombus auricomus

SHE’S A QUEEN!!!!!!!

Look at her go! What a great mom. Her mate was doing the same thing a bit further away too. I'm excited for when their chicks hatch. :)

I feel so bad for a killdeer that lives near me, she lives right by a bus stop, like, literally right next to the bus stop. She's sitting on four eggs and the people that own the property she's nesting on don't care about her because "there's tons of those birds on the property." I'm just so worried that they're going to get mowed over, or taken by the kids from the bus. It's a dangerous world for a ground-nesting bird.

Piranga olivacea - Scarlet Tanager

My second Scarlet Tanager, and this time it’s in my own backyard. He was very curious, and didn’t seem to be afraid of me. He’s an incredible bird.

Passerina cyanea - Indigo Bunting

It’s his first summer.

Charadrius vociferus - Killdeer

Cardinalis cardinalis - Northern Cardinal

I love cardinal’s scientific names.

Cyanocitta cristata - Blue Jay

Spinus tristis - American Goldfinch

Passerina cyanea - Indigo Bunting

Dryocopus pileatus - Pileated Woodpecker

The picture is a tad bit blurry, but he’s still beautiful.

Spinus tristis - American Goldfinch

Setophaga coronata - Yellow-rumped Warbler

Piranga olivacea - Scarlet Tanager

This is actually the first scarlet tanager I’ve ever seen. 

Found a super cool dragonfly. It was about as big as my hand.

Meleagris gallopavo - Wild Turkey

Both males. They jumped out of a tree on the side of the road and ran into a field.

Birding Adventures

Today I went birding. It was freezing, but it was worth it. Here's a list of what I saw, I'll post pictures soon. (Unfortunately I don't have pictures of all the birds) -Indigo Bunting (2) -Wood Thrush (7) -Eastern Bluebird (5) -Blue Jay (8) -American Robin (9) -Northern Flicker (1) -Wild Tukey (2) -Black Vulture (6) -Turkey Vulture (3) -Scarlet Tanager (1) -Baltimore Oriole (3) -Tree Swallow (27) -Barn Swallow (13) -American Goldfinch (4) -Field Sparrow (3) -Yellow-rumped Warbler (2) -Red-bellied Woodpecker (2) -Pileated Woodpecker (1)

A snail eating a pill bug. Gotta love that nature.

R o a c h

Phalacrocorax auritus - Double-crested Cormorant

Columba livia - Rock Pigeon

I think these pictures speak for themselves.

Larus delawarensis - Ring-billed Gull

There were just so many of them.

Another Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis - Ring-billed Gull