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| Fletcher Wildlife Garden | profile | all galleries >> Previous FWG blogs >> 2008 Blogs >> FWG blog: October 2008 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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Yesterday, Sandy reported a barred owl in the Ash Woods being mobbed by crows. This makes about the 5th year in a row that this owl species has arrived in mid-October at FWG!
On Sunday a very tattered cabbage white butterfly was still fluttering around some of the mustard plants. Also noted were bumblebees, hover flies, a few yellowjackets, several corn rootworm beetles, and not much else in the way of insects. Today I saw none, surprise, surprise :-)
A lone flowering lupine added a burst of colour to the Butterfly Meadow, but most other flowering plants have finished blooming for the year. However, it is still possible to find a few flowers here and there still flowering, for example, many of the mustards, some goldenrods, the occasional yarrow, etc.
I was happy to find this small tortoise beetle (new for the FWG insect list) whose name is bigger than it is (Plagiometriona clavata). One guide I read said that some people consider the brown patch that covers most of its body, to be shaped like a teddy bear. And I guess I can sort of see that!
Finally, this sumac was just blazing with colour so of course, I had to take a photo.
Speaking of the pond, have you noticed how low the water is? So low that on the south side the water has receded.
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