Observaciones de castanea

Always unmistakable and lovey to find.

Terrible photo, but flowers still discernible.

Another car collision fatality of male Eastern Bluebird.

Nice to see, was a large specimen. Leaves alternate, flowers bisexual, in racemes.

Milkweed tussock moth larvae enjoying the Asclepias incarnata.

Monarch larva munching on Asclepias incarnata.

Obvious car collision as cause of death.

A boom year for these in my area. Lots of moisture and nectar to be found, luckily.

Such a richly diverse area. See these seldom, and was a nice find.

Shiny dark green leaves with campanulate flowers; I think these are very pretty evergreen shrubs, although they get fairly large, almost tree like. Too bad the fruit isn't good to eat!

Small understory tree seen here mostly in riparian areas. Always loved these trees. The biggest one I have seen was in Louisiana.

Male house finch. These birds are so prolific here. Cycling on road, obviously a car collision fatality.

Male pileated woodpecker.....Such a neat bird, never tire of watching them!!

Been awhile since I've seen this plant...likely due to wrong place, wrong time. Such a pleasure to see again for sure.

Male cercropia finally made its exit from cocoon that had been attached to a Lindera benzoin all winter. So good to finally see one actually come out alive, that had not been parasitized!!

Such a tough plant, and nice to see with the purple spots and more compact growth habit as opposed to M. fistulosa (which is a fave as well.)

Seconday wing feathers along trail; along with several others scattered about. I have seen Cooper's in area previously. Perhaps it nailed this Cedar Waxwing.

Another car collision fatality observed on bike ride. I'm thinking it's a song sparrow due to markings, but....maybe a field sparrow?

So sad to find this car collision fatality on walk with dog. My favorite species I think.