Photos: Spiders and Vulture
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birdfeedingThese are more pictures from April 13 that I didn't have time to post then.
My yard is all over spider silk, long streamers of it flowing in the breeze. I think the warm sun activated a hatching. Some spiderlings disperse with silk streamers or parachutes. Among these are some orb weavers, and we have lots of orb weavers here most summers, so that seems likely.
There's more silk in the septic garden, here visible on the dry stem of a sunflower.
The tiny orange dot is a wee spiderling.
This is from the hugelkultur pot project. The brown dot on the pot is a tiny spider that's been running around in there from the leaves. It's probably a wolf spider.
As I was working on the hugelkultur pot, a huge bird flew overhead, which turned out to be a turkey vulture. They're common here, but I don't often see them right in the yard. Still, big trees are attractive to big birds. Here the vulture is looking to the right.
Now the vulture is looking to the left. Seeing him look side to side for a flight path made me suspect he would take off soon, so I kept the camera on him waiting for it.
He spreads his wings to take off.
After several variously bad shots through the branches, the vulture soared through a clear spot and I got one good picture. \o/ You can see his little, bald, red head quite clearly.
My yard is all over spider silk, long streamers of it flowing in the breeze. I think the warm sun activated a hatching. Some spiderlings disperse with silk streamers or parachutes. Among these are some orb weavers, and we have lots of orb weavers here most summers, so that seems likely.
There's more silk in the septic garden, here visible on the dry stem of a sunflower.
The tiny orange dot is a wee spiderling.
This is from the hugelkultur pot project. The brown dot on the pot is a tiny spider that's been running around in there from the leaves. It's probably a wolf spider.
As I was working on the hugelkultur pot, a huge bird flew overhead, which turned out to be a turkey vulture. They're common here, but I don't often see them right in the yard. Still, big trees are attractive to big birds. Here the vulture is looking to the right.
Now the vulture is looking to the left. Seeing him look side to side for a flight path made me suspect he would take off soon, so I kept the camera on him waiting for it.
He spreads his wings to take off.
After several variously bad shots through the branches, the vulture soared through a clear spot and I got one good picture. \o/ You can see his little, bald, red head quite clearly.
