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We have some 1cm blisters formed on the leaves of our little willow tree (UK, June). We popped one open and I was surprised to find this little chap inside. (Head about 0.5mm wide)
Is it a moth caterpillar? Can anyone ID this bug?
A fabulous place to wander at night. Took me a while to figure out taking your camera from 20 degrees cold air con to 33 degrees outside causes constant fogging of the lens.
While taking pictures of the different herons flying back and forth, out of the corner of our eyes we spotted this American Kestrel on top of a pole. He was busy tearing apart a rodent he had just caught and was not about to leave that delectable meal just because we humans wanted to take a few pics. So he stood quite still and stoic and allowed us to take his photograph. American Kestrels eat mostly insects and other invertebrates, as well as small rodents and birds but from what we could tell whatever he was eating had feet and a tail, we were unable to get a decent shot of the kill but we did get a good look at it through our binoculars.
It was interesting to see how birds for some reason know which wire to land on and not get electrocuted. When a bird is perched on a single wire, its two feet are at the same electrical potential, so the electrons in the wires have no motivation to travel through the bird's body. No moving electrons means no electric current. Our Mockingbird is safe, for the moment anyway.
Sometimes it pays to bring your camera along. We were at one of our local parks walking our dog and we spotted this Coopers Hawk right in front of us and standing on a tree branch. As he moved from on tree to another we followed and captured this photo. We were pleased with how the late afternoon sun reflected on his face and body. The Cooper's hawk is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from Southern Canada to Northern Mexico. This was a young one as his eyes are still light yellow.