My nature experience this June have included some underwhelming events. We found and watched a Common Buckeye caterpillar grown and change into a chrysalis. I was looking forward to watching it emerge, but we happen to be out of town when the butterfly hatched. One of the children found the butterfly in the house and released it outside. At that point I was more concerned with getting it to the wild that I didn't even try to get a picture.
The neighborhood cat, Romulus, is quite regal and I do like aspects about him, but he is a terror to the local wildlife. He has killed countless shrews, which makes me sad, because shrews are not a nuisance creature. Shrews can hunt mice, which makes me like them very much. If Romulus would stick to hunting mice, I would be very happy with him. The other day I found a red breasted gross beak that he, no doubt, had killed. Life is full of conundrums. How can you love both cats and song birds? Can you? Or must you pick one or the other?
We had a family trip to Wisconsin for a few days. I was able to take a memorable walk one morning. It was before 7 o'clock, but well after sunrise. I found some black raspberries. If there is anything that tastes like summer, it is black raspberries! The milkweed and elder bushes are in bloom this time of year.
I found an ant fortress yesterday and a very unique jumping spider. I have never seen anything like it before.
A toad and a green tree frog were seen.
My favorite picture this month is one of the raspberry pictures. Honorable mentions are the toad and the pastel lake scene. Do you have a favorite?
Oh, and I don't know if you could tell, but I got a new phone and the new camera has been an improvement for my nature pictures.
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