Archive for October, 2007

What the front brought in

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

The yard
Sparrows in the yard at last!
They flew in at ten to seven this morning. Clearly not House Sparrows, not that early. At least two stayed in view: White-throated Sparrows. It took roughly 20 minutes to get a good look at what turned out to be a Swamp Sparrow.
Sparrows weren’t the only arrivals; the yard [...]

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Argiope gone

Friday, October 5th, 2007

The Argiope that resided in the yard since at least August 25 is gone.
She was in her web when I got home from work on Wednesday, but on Thursday morning she wasn’t in the web, which hadn’t been repaired from the previous day. I was hoping she was merely out of sight for the time [...]

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