Nature
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Today's photo is of a banana spider and her web which she built on the outside of my solarium fixed door over many days last year. It was attached to the frame of my sliding door so everytime I went out the door, the web would stretch and then later it would all be back to normal. She left her egg pod hanging from the eaves of the solarium last fall but have yet to see any new babies trickling out. Isn't the web intricate and mesmerizing? Wonders of nature! We watched her get the flies and gnats and occasional moth. She was quick to lasso her prey.
#RCJH GO KU
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Oh wow Im jealous of your beautiful orb weaver. We havent had one here in a while.
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I found this picture of the front of the banana spider!
#RCJH GO KU
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I was at the kitchen sink looking out my garden window at 6:40 this morning cleaning the 3 hummingbird feeders and thought I saw something splashing around in the big bird bath. I turned off my light and could see a 2 year old owlet taking a bath. He frolicked around and was a soaking ball of fluff. Off to the right I see a second owlet swoop in and as the first one got out to shake, he dived right in. Then the first one took off and flew to the closest limb and groomed himself. Starting to get light out and the second one, who was much bigger, took his leisurly time and completely drenched himself. Last spring we had a mom Western Screech Owl and her 3 owlets hanging out in the white oak tree that leads to the she shed. One morning I walked out and my driveway was covered in white poop mounds and when I looked up I saw these 2!! They would watch me as I worked and as I would be in and out of the she shed and at dusk we would watch them stretching before their night on the town. I welcome their ability to keep the unwanted parts of our wildlife in check. I wish they dined on squirrels. That's another day. They would take flight in different directions but be back the next morning. Truly a wonder to call them neighbors!! And now 2 of them are back. We will keep our eyes out. I wish I had my phone with me this morning.
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@RockChalkinTexas-0 OH HELL NO! I will never look at this thread again!!
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@nuleafjhawk owlophobia?
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Ohoh spider. Nah man that things a harmless fly catcher
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@approxinfinity The giant ass spider!
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@approxinfinity dammit - I looked at this thread again.
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Today's photo is of a Viceroy butterfly. I looked him up. He mimics the monarch because the monarch is reputedly distasteful. It is found in open places, where the larva feeds on willow and poplar. I don't have poplar but I do have willow. We are situated on the migratory path for many species. In the spring and fall we can hear the whooping cranes, sandhill crances and geese heading to or from South Texas. We've seen massive waves of them fly over. You actually hear them before spotting them because they are so far above. We watched one year as a couple Vs of sandhill crances descended and took to the lake for a break. Birds are another. Have a pair of Baltimore Orioles come through each year, seeing Robins means spring is on the way and good luck (from my days growing up in Minnesota), but the Monarchs come right through our property and they in years past were so abundant with them filling up the branches on our oak trees at night just like the pictures you see of them congregating down in Mexico for the winter. When I worked and drove every day, I would always wince whenever one would smash into my grill or windshield. I've never seen a banded one. A former co-worker headed up a Monarch banding program back in the 90s and I saw her on the news last year still advocating for planting more milkweed and other beneficial polinators along the paths. The flowers in this photo are of wild sunflowers that bloom late in summer and are there for not just the monarchs, but you can see bumblebees and the small Texas honey bees swarming all over them.
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If I was still looking at this thread I'd say that is beautiful. But I'm not, so I didn't see anything.
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@nuleafjhawk if i were nuleaf id be like “all i see is spider food!” But i’m not. What a cool butterfly!
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@approxinfinity I'm not sure why the pictures are so LARGE when I post them. It does present a different perspective.
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Doesn’t look like nodebb supports dynamic resizing on render and solutions are limited to resizing client side before upload. I could look into making a code change to where the image is configured. Historically i have avoided anything beyond configuration or ui layer (this would involve storing dimensions to db) but im feeling frisky. We will see. In meantime, your only option is probably changing the image size on your device prior to upload
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Nice use of frisky. Don’t see that word enough.
