The Birds and the Bees (ok, butterflies, not bees)

To be sure though, the title of this post does have a lot to do with sex, well, butterfly sex that is. Today was an interesting combination of effects, this field of alfalfa has been recently cut and baled, leaving it just the right height for ,alfalfa butterflies to mate and lay eggs on (around six inches high), hence, the yellow be-winged hoard that has descended on the Imperial Valley (requires free registration), clogging radiators, and air filters, gooing up windshields, but otherwise looking quite pretty as fields of alfalfa writhe with butterflies as you watch;







and irigation of said field, chasing all the crickets across the field with egrets and pheasant chasing them (wow, is that a run-on sentence or what).

If Jeeps are a religon

Then a clean Jeep is apostasy

whats for dinner?

44%

OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

You know your stuck when...

ok, the actual saying on drilling rigs is "your not stuck, untill the free-point truck is there"

jar that sucker, it will come out someday

Why Count... what big *bleep* you have

ok, thas funny, I dont care who you are

what to do today...

"Gee Brain, what do you want to do today?"
"The same thing we do everyday Pinky, try to take over the world."

birds of a feather....

Went off to the nature center in Springfield Missouri a few weeks ago, took Jacque for a walk on the nature trail and went through the visitor center, they have a bird feeder station and viewing room there, got picture happy while there.

Cardinalis cardinalis,, Northern Cardinal
female

male




Cyanocitta cristata, Bluejay


Felis catus, Lacey, Van house cat....wait a minute, she doesnt belong here...


Meleagris gallopavo, Wild turkey, a tom (jake?)



Sciurus carolinensis, Grey squirrel



Carduelis tristis, American goldfinch





Zenaida macroura, Mourning Dove


Passerina cyanea, Indio Bunting


Archilochus colubris, Ruby Throated Hummingbird


Dryocopus pileatus Pileated Woodpecker (tentitive)