Hot Squirrel

Yet another squirrel resting on the perch on a hot humid day.

With the humidity and the rain we're getting mushrooms.

A very small Green Stink Bug nymph visited our backdoor.

Tried to record katydids, crickets, and lacewings singing in the backyard, but also got the golf-course "fountain" and a train whistle.

  

Another day, another nest of bees.  

This nest is in an Eastern Hemlock just North of the other nest I got rid of about 9 days ago.

  

Nothing like a nest of bees to slow down a job pruning.  This nest was at a high-traffic area in a bush on our front walk just by the porch.  Luckily no one got stung before I discovered it. 
[Luckily I heard their increased buzzing and got away before they got me :)]

Monarch / Hail

Yesterday, I saw our first Monarch Butterfly of the season -- feeding on a Purple Cone Flower.

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Came across a brief clip of Hail we had 2 years ago, July 11, 2016 @ 3:45 pm.  Pretty cool.

Poults

230 pm  --  Female turkey with 3 poults passed through our yard.

Moth on the kitchen window during our 4th of July party.

Baby House Wrens fledged this morning around 630 am
(The odd sounds are from the dishwasher. -- The wren house is just outside our kitchen window.)