HOT WEATHER AND COOL BATHS

The recent hot weather is bringing lots of birds and their recently hatched young to the Oasis...

First year Summer Tanager

Female Painted Bunting

Male Painted Bunting

Female Black-and-white Warbler

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

MOTHS

Recently I have become interested in moths so I invested in a blacklight and started photographing these little bugs. To date I have documented about 20 species of the hundreds found in this area.  Most of those found and identified are new species to Kerr County and will be submitted to the BAMONA (Butterflies and Moths of NA).  Below are a few shots of some of the moths found on our front porch at 11 pm at night...

4794 – Eustixia pupula – Spotted Peppergrass Moth 

5029 – Pyrausta volupialis – Volupial Pyrausta Moth

8999 – Cydosia aurivitta – Straight-lined Cydosia Moth 

Early June Activities

June started out with a visit of grand kids Marcelo and Emilia.  Mom wanted a picture of them in the wildflowers.

Later in June Sherry and I celebrated our 47th wedding anniversary.  You might enjoy the YouTube video I made for her...

Oh My Love

Hail Storm

Yesterday we had a late day 10 minute hail storm.  The hail was around marble size and made a terrible sound bouncing off the metal roof and gutters.  Rain and hail combined for a totaled 0.13 inches, however suspect none of the hail went in the gauge which used a funnel to collect and I'm fairly sure of the hail pellets bounced off the entry area and back onto the yard.