tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post5371035348978064181..comments2024-03-28T14:55:43.232-04:00Comments on Travels With Birds: Nature Around Waterloo RegionDavid M. Gascoigne,http://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-42458303076303764222022-10-01T23:45:47.531-04:002022-10-01T23:45:47.531-04:00hello David
I haven't really taken a close loo...hello David<br />I haven't really taken a close look at my roommates yet, but maybe I will.<br />Greetings Frankwaldlaeufer68 Frank Scholtyssekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15054940091779028444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-82794916605826728102022-10-01T07:24:07.139-04:002022-10-01T07:24:07.139-04:00Hi David - funny ... I loved seeing the earwig and...Hi David - funny ... I loved seeing the earwig and the wood louse (your pill bug) - while Mrs Spider is the lucky one ... so I hope she's happier outside ... and yes the Wood Duck is staggeringly attractive - also all the other photos ... cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-30260962668600102782022-09-30T19:03:17.813-04:002022-09-30T19:03:17.813-04:00I had a good laugh about the Grass Spider! Yes, I ...I had a good laugh about the Grass Spider! Yes, I do wish I could take a stroll in in Benjamin Park - looks lovely, and the Wood Duck is a handsome fellow. Your last photo certainly puts things in perspective. Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-61453247179962244722022-09-28T01:57:31.358-04:002022-09-28T01:57:31.358-04:00Interesting insects. Some are familiar, some I hav...Interesting insects. Some are familiar, some I have never seen before. Oh yes, I would love to join you on your walk. Thanks for the virtual walk.Nancy Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790364807514237397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-87586487240103522762022-09-27T10:06:29.966-04:002022-09-27T10:06:29.966-04:00I am very happy to welcome fall, Cynthia. Summers ...I am very happy to welcome fall, Cynthia. Summers over the past twenty years or so have become unbearable - my least favourite time of the year.David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-30096558300097546752022-09-27T09:47:29.437-04:002022-09-27T09:47:29.437-04:00It’s nice to have your own bit of woods to track t...It’s nice to have your own bit of woods to track through the seasons. Also nice to see a spot of fall color here and there, right? We just returned home from camping in the mountains and saw a touch here and there in the last couple days. Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035113274497372396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-76878978722922342792022-09-26T11:21:38.696-04:002022-09-26T11:21:38.696-04:00I don't like to see bugs that much, but I must...I don't like to see bugs that much, but I must say that tree filled with birds was an awesome sight. I have never seen so many birds in a single tree in my life.gigi-hawaiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12518815613680634578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-19997564882790757382022-09-26T09:28:13.337-04:002022-09-26T09:28:13.337-04:00Hi Yvonne: To the best of my knowledge Sycamore Mo...Hi Yvonne: To the best of my knowledge Sycamore Moth is not found in eastern North America.David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-83338274204203129242022-09-26T09:24:34.665-04:002022-09-26T09:24:34.665-04:00The insect under the Hemina Pinion is the same fly...The insect under the Hemina Pinion is the same fly as is shown in the first picture, Traude.David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-71084376017861942582022-09-26T07:55:41.480-04:002022-09-26T07:55:41.480-04:00My favorite among your insects is the pillbug. I s...My favorite among your insects is the pillbug. I sometimes find those in the house, and appreciate how easy they are to pick up and 're-home' in the great outdoors. I love the photo of the gathered birds in the tree. I once saw a flock of Waxwings similarly gathered, but only once, and it was before the time when I would have dashed for a camera. No matter; the memory still is imprinted.<br /><br />Many of our migrants arrive and are noticed first by sound rather than sight. I heard the first rattling call of the Kingfisher last week, and began watching. Before long, I found the bird in its unmistakable, dipping flight. The seasons are changing!shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-51489285345511449112022-09-26T07:12:15.775-04:002022-09-26T07:12:15.775-04:00in gedachten loop ik met je mee want fysiek zal da...in gedachten loop ik met je mee want fysiek zal dat niet meer gaan maar je kan het heel mooi laten zien en heel mooi illustrerenBas.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13804347915356897054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-25860115556131691192022-09-26T00:23:17.605-04:002022-09-26T00:23:17.605-04:00Lovely Post! Most of us don’t pay enough attention...Lovely Post! Most of us don’t pay enough attention to tiny creatures around us.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09763547174099448920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-24819669291607278782022-09-25T23:22:23.304-04:002022-09-25T23:22:23.304-04:00Maybe your caterpillar is of the Sycamore Moth. I...Maybe your caterpillar is of the Sycamore Moth. I really like the funnel weaver spiders. We have a type here that weaves their funnel webs in the corners of our porch and deck walls, and between the screen and glass of our front windows. Earwigs...what a lousy name to give a creature that looks like that. I used to think, as a child, if one got into the house, it would go for my ear while I slept. I've gotten used to them since then. One must in the South, they are so plentiful. I think they rate right up there with cockroaches in most peoples minds. You are fortunate to live so close to a beautiful area. As always, your photos and the information with them never disappoints.Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-41073141523180961552022-09-25T19:25:33.819-04:002022-09-25T19:25:33.819-04:00Beautiful pictures...I love woodpeckers!....Abrazo...Beautiful pictures...I love woodpeckers!....Abrazotes, Marcelafoodtravelandwinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016301292246692679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-22761907233887458022022-09-25T17:03:23.945-04:002022-09-25T17:03:23.945-04:00What a wonderful collection of photographs, I thin...What a wonderful collection of photographs, I think my favourite is the wood duck, such fabulous colour and markings.<br /><br />All the best JanLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-35864324022393527602022-09-25T13:30:11.029-04:002022-09-25T13:30:11.029-04:00Dear David,
unfortunately, the infographic hits th...Dear David,<br />unfortunately, the infographic hits the nail on the head. Personally, I know so many people who I hope, they will NOT die out, and you probably feel the same way - but a widespread decimation of those members of the human species who do not care about the preservation of nature or those who are massively working on nature-destruction would perhaps help...<br />In your post you again show many smaller and larger "building blocks of nature"; did you see - under the hemina pinion there is also some light brown, translucent insect? Some of these critters don't elicit great enthusiasm from most people, including me, but each of them is important. By the way, I also rescue any spiders, European Earwigs and many other animals with six or eight legs (or sometimes even more) that stray into our house. And of course the one with 4 legs too. (For example, a common toad was once sitting between the wall and our washing machine. We only discovered it because one of the cats was staring very interestedly into this niche...) But I have to admit that the photos of the Woodpecker, the Kingfisher & Co. brought much more joy than the one from the spider ;-) , I've never seen Red-winged Blackbirds (I think) before... I also really like the Turkey Tail!<br />All the best and a happy new week!<br />Traude<br />https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2022/09/strudlhofstiege-gartenpalais.htmlRostrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901976103765887360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-69773494226713775972022-09-25T11:29:05.076-04:002022-09-25T11:29:05.076-04:00You could be right, Ellen. I had never thought of ...You could be right, Ellen. I had never thought of that.David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-91127713033827237942022-09-25T11:12:45.547-04:002022-09-25T11:12:45.547-04:00I think people react badly to earwigs because of t...I think people react badly to earwigs because of their name, as if it would happily crawl in your ear. It will be a while yet before our fall asters bloom, still hot as hell and humid here.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-43112365180294896682022-09-25T07:42:29.718-04:002022-09-25T07:42:29.718-04:00The photos are beautiful as always, the insects an...The photos are beautiful as always, the insects and other very similar rthropods and some of the same ones that are here many kilometers to the south. Among the birds I never get tired of seeing the amazingly colorful Wood duck. A big hug my friend.Hernán Tolosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438533050915843307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-83770615557359424902022-09-25T06:31:19.018-04:002022-09-25T06:31:19.018-04:00Silverfish can be a realm nuisance, I know, but i ...Silverfish can be a realm nuisance, I know, but i would draw the line at "dangerous". They do no transmit disease. In any even it is the only one we have seen.David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-16274489919905300262022-09-25T05:13:35.763-04:002022-09-25T05:13:35.763-04:00You may well see the very attractive Salt Marsh Mo...You may well see the very attractive Salt Marsh Moth where you live, Anni, but it is not known to occur in Ontario. David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-18979631369964042322022-09-25T04:48:11.314-04:002022-09-25T04:48:11.314-04:00Could it be the caterpillar of a salt marsh moth?
...Could it be the caterpillar of a salt marsh moth?<br /><br />Your post this week is like reading from a book of nature at its finest. Thanks for linking in!!Anni https://www.blogger.com/profile/11805303710992562752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-61066411280973239822022-09-25T03:42:37.515-04:002022-09-25T03:42:37.515-04:00The kitchen bug is dangerous - it multiplies very ...The kitchen bug is dangerous - it multiplies very quickly. He escaped from a humid environment, where he had no food.Catalinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01890131780769394637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-70190145069754333112022-09-25T02:12:25.835-04:002022-09-25T02:12:25.835-04:00Fascinating stuff, David.
How wonderful to see so ...Fascinating stuff, David.<br />How wonderful to see so my different critters on your walks.<br /><br />Happy Sunday!Veronica Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14411581380408080378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519151644964316600.post-82223894422984172052022-09-24T16:58:48.559-04:002022-09-24T16:58:48.559-04:00Yo, como te he dicho en varias ocasiones sí, estar...Yo, como te he dicho en varias ocasiones sí, estaría encantada de pasear contigo y Miriam. Gracias por mostrarnos tantas cosas bonitas. Abrazos.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402717341051324422noreply@blogger.com