We found this LARGE moth in our backyard while gardening tonight
Backyard Wildlife
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PNW Moths | Catocala aholibah
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The crows going wild as they usually do when one is around made me look. I was happy to see it walking slowly across our deck this morning, as I hadn’t seen one in awhile.
Took the cell phone shots as it came around to the other side of the house.
Took the cell phone shots as it came around to the other side of the house.
A little one.
They grow up soooo quickly:
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Not my backyard, but it’s on the trails behind the Airbnb we’re staying at in Rhode Island so I figure it counts.
These old stone walls are everywhere in the woods in what used to be the farms of early settlers here. We watched this eastern Whitetail doe stare at us for a few minutes and she occasionally would glance a little to her right, so I thought she may have had a fawn hidden in the brush. As soon as I took the picture, another doe popped up out of its bed from right behind that stone wall and off they ran through the woods.
These old stone walls are everywhere in the woods in what used to be the farms of early settlers here. We watched this eastern Whitetail doe stare at us for a few minutes and she occasionally would glance a little to her right, so I thought she may have had a fawn hidden in the brush. As soon as I took the picture, another doe popped up out of its bed from right behind that stone wall and off they ran through the woods.
Well, I have been disappointed the does haven't been bringing their fawns around. I saw two with their mom a couple weeks ago but they fled before I could wake my kids to have a look.
This morning while heading to work, this doe and her twins were hanging out beside the shop. I was able to roll down the window and snap a couple bad pics.
This morning while heading to work, this doe and her twins were hanging out beside the shop. I was able to roll down the window and snap a couple bad pics.
Species of sphinx moth I believe.
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Ran into this guy playing ball with the pup this morning.
Smerinthus ophthalmica - Wikipedia
Ran into this guy playing ball with the pup this morning.
My neighbor has a nesting pair of Cooper’s hawks in their cedar tree. I have a good vantage point from my backyard garden area and every day this one can be seen perched on the same branch and doing its squeaky calls. The crows were harassing them often when they first claimed the territory but have since chilled out.
I know that eagles like to poach crow and raven nests for food, and likely that Cooper's hawks do also.
Cooper's hawks generally hit flying birds, like rock doves. So they could definitely take a young, recently fledged crow.
Similar cooling strategy here. This doe has bedded under the rhodie three days in a row. I'm looking forward to highs below 100deg.
