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Grasshopper Warbler - Locustella naevia)
The common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia) is a species of Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds across much of temperate Europe and western Asia. It is migratory, wintering in north and west Africa.
This small passerine bird is found in short dense vegetation, often close to water. It is a medium-sized warbler about 13 cm (5 in) long. The adult has a streaked brown back and whitish grey underparts which are unstreaked except on the undertail coverts. The sexes are identical, as with most warblers, but young birds are yellower below. Like most warblers, it is insectivorous. Four to seven eggs are laid in a nest on or near the ground in thick vegetation or in a tussock of grass.
This is a species which skulks in the undergrowth, creeping through bushes and low foliage, and which is very difficult to see except sometimes when singing from a prominent position. The song, which gives this species its name, is a monotonous mechanical insect-like reeling, often given at dawn or dusk.
Lakeside, AZ
A grasshopper walks into a bar and orders a drink. The bartender says, "Hey, they have a drink named after you." The grasshopper says, "Why would anyone name a drink Bill?" (I know that's a dumb joke but it might get a few laughs.)
I usually manage to hear one or two grasshopper warblers every year but I often struggle to see one. This year however, I've heard four and of those seen two including this incredibly obliging bird which climbed up into this blackthorn bush right next to me as I was discussing it with another birder
There's been a recent remake of the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu". Sorry, you won't get me to watch it, because nothing can be better that the original series. What a creative twist on the Western genre it was. David Carradine was superb as Caine, the Shaolin monk who had fled China after the death of his spiritual master.
As a young novice monk he was "Grasshopper", but by the time he arrived in America Caine had become a fully realised man. Confronted with the violence and anarchy of the Wild West, Caine brings serenity and civilised humanity wherever he goes.
"Kung Fu: The Journey From Grasshopper to Caine"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J37QUZjOjF8
"The Kung Fu Shaolin"
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grasshoppers are typically ground-dwelling insects with powerful hind legs which allow them to escape from threats by leaping vigorously. Their front leg is shorter and used for grasping food. As hemimetabolous insects, they do not undergo complete metamorphosis; they hatch from an egg into a nymph or "hopper" which undergoes five moults, becoming more similar to the adult insect at each developmental stage.
Los Angeles. California.
Assumption Chapel in Cold Spring, Minnesota also known as the Grasshopper Chapel. The chapel was built in less than a month in 1877 and credited for relieving a years long grasshopper infestation in Minnesota.
Gray bird grasshopper
Legacy Park
This is an early stage grasshopper...when adults they are very large and gray. They are closely related to locusts. I found out this interesting info that It is an invasive species in Hawaii. A swarming event occurred on the Hawaiian island of Nihoa in 2004, wiping out almost 90% of the vegetation on the island. It was probably introduced to Hawaii several decades ago and then spread through the islands by flying; it has the ability to fly up to 300 miles.
Grasshopper Sparrow photographed on Mayfield Road just east of Boise, Idaho
"The Grasshopper Sparrow may go unnoticed even when it is singing, because its song is much like the buzz of a grasshopper. "
Bow-winged grasshopper (Chorthippus buguttulus) perched on a grass leaf.
Konik pospolity (Chorthippus biguttulus) siedzący na źdźble trawy.
This Grasshopper Sparrow was a very pleasant surprise during a recent visit to Brazos Bend State Park. I hadn’t seen one in the park in years and flushed this beauty out who perched for a few seconds before disappearing into the grass.
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Ammodramus savannarum