Fledging ... (and a bug)

11 June

“Our Robins”

Not quite there yet, but it won’t be long. Two weeks ago these chaps were still small, blue eggs - how many worms and caterpillars does it take to reach this size in such a short time?

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Blue Jay

Barely out of the nest and waiting for mum to bring the next meal … still needs to grow a few more feathers.

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Leaf-footed Bug

Acanthocephala terminalis, a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae

This rather large fellow doesn’t seem to have a common name. One of their food plants, they suck sap, is Physocarpus which we have three of just a few feet from where it was spotted.