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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #90 on: August 29, 2010, 12:47:18 PM »
Lovely picture Robin.  What an amazing sight :o
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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #91 on: August 29, 2010, 06:58:40 PM »
Thanks Anne and Ashley, I was so thrilled to catch them all together like that sailing along and 'yes' you are right Mark it's incredible that the 8 have survived - they have quite a following as you can imagine!
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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #92 on: August 29, 2010, 07:09:13 PM »
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Note the turquoise colored 'orb' and the zig-zag web

Well, you had me Googllng to find out more about this amazing Orb Weaver spider from your neck of the woods - terrific photo and interesting facts, like weaving a new web every day  :o
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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #93 on: August 29, 2010, 07:20:41 PM »
The darn wild turkeys are back, the whole family this time.  My daughter caught some photos.  To get the ambiance of the day, it is 90 F (32 C), good turkey weather.
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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #94 on: August 29, 2010, 07:35:52 PM »
Oh dear, Ma Turkey has brought the whole clan as reinforcements..... you'll have your work cut out to chase of that lot, McMark!
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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #95 on: August 29, 2010, 08:11:55 PM »
Mark, shotgun+shot+freezer ;D
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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #96 on: August 29, 2010, 08:56:42 PM »
Mark,
wunderful wildlife shots. 2 adults (hens only?) and 12 chicks?
Is this the Eastern Wild Turkey subspecies (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris)?



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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #97 on: August 29, 2010, 10:17:20 PM »
Quote from: David Nicholson on August 29, 2010, 08:11:55 PM
Mark, shotgun+shot+freezer ;D

I'm with you on that David, except I haven't a shotgun; maybe slingshot+club+freezer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingshot
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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #98 on: August 29, 2010, 10:23:46 PM »
Quote from: Armin on August 29, 2010, 08:56:42 PM
Mark,
wunderful wildlife shots. 2 adults (hens only?) and 12 chicks?
Is this the Eastern Wild Turkey subspecies (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris)?


I'm not sure where the Toms (males) are these days, have been seeing the female hanging around the last couple of weeks.  This brood of 12 is probably the same (except more grown up) from my earlier posting:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5568.msg156279#msg156279

They all came back a couple times today, like my yard they do >:(

Yes, Meleagris gallopavo silvestris.
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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #99 on: August 30, 2010, 02:30:48 PM »
A couple of Sheild Bugs from today.

The first two photos I believe are an instar of the Hawthorn Shield Bug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
 ( Not a name it would have chosen, I'm sure)
The second two an adult.
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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #100 on: August 30, 2010, 11:29:21 PM »
Many thanks for your reply, Mark!
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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #101 on: August 31, 2010, 06:47:03 AM »




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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #102 on: August 31, 2010, 07:19:22 AM »
Another hawker ...


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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #103 on: August 31, 2010, 12:45:04 PM »
Can anyone identify this larva please, I'm sure it's very common - but in this I am clueless! It's about 1.5cm long and found on my hand after I had removed foxglove, hollyhock and other seedlings from the path.
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Re: Wildlife August 2010
« Reply #104 on: August 31, 2010, 06:49:32 PM »
I have no idea what your larva might be, Brian but it sure has a very sad expression on its tiny face.  

I found this showy caterpillar in my Wisteria today.
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