Backyard Nature
January 1, 2010
A hawk above our neighborhood.
July 17, 2009
July 7, 2009
Common Loon at East Horsehead Lake, near Harshaw, Wisconsin.
October 12, 2008
We went to a garden/nursery shop called Enchanted Forest in Richmond on the 12th.
A Giant Swallowtail in our backyard.
Our photos of the effects of Hurricane Ike
September 1, 2008
August 24, 2008
April 12, 2008
April 12 video "Chrysalis Formation"
This is a time-lapse video of two monarch caterpillars turning into chrysalides on our house number sign. We have about two dozen chrysalides around our yard. Our "butterfly weed" (Asclepias tuberosa) bushes are completely bare of leaves and small stems.
Taken at one frame every two seconds (0.5 fps). 30 fps displayed rate / 0.5 fps taken rate = 60x speedup.
April 11, 2008
Monarch chrysalis and caterpillar
Monarch caterpillar
Monarch chrysalis
A juvenile, 1 foot long blotched water snake (non-venomous) in our yard on April 14, 2006.
A common Anole lizard (male). The females lay a single egg every two weeks from March to October.
The male's "dewlap."
An approximately six foot long diamond-backed water snake (non-venomous) we found in our yard on the evening of July 3rd, 2005.
As the snake approached the tree I said to Heather that there is no way the snake could climb that tree. It's too steep and there are not enough features for it to "grab" onto. The snake proceeded to slowly but delibrately climb the trunk of the tree. We were amazed.
