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[gyuseppe]

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

Dam goannas in the garden again. They eat anything that they can shove in the mouth, especially baby chickens! 

Richard I didn't know that monitor lizards existed in Australia too. I thought they were only in Asia ? never seen one in my life

[Silas_Sancona]

Some recent guests:

Apparently enough rain in September and early October to bring out da' " flutter - butts wit da'  beak ",  Libytheana carinenta 






Danaus gilippus





Possibly Sympetrum..






Neoscona oaxacensis   ..or orbizabensis




Vanessa sp..  Which one, i'm not sure ..but they've been around much later than usual this year..  About a half dozen fighting with whichever sps of Hylephila are around for primo spots on the Zinnias atm..








Probably Euptoieta claudia,  but could be a very pale E. hegesia.  Smiling, Lady's face marking on the inner, upper wing ( look carefully ) certainly leans more claudia than hagesia, imo. 







Nathalis iole  ..Another rarity, unless it has been wet and warm enough in the summer / fall










Unusual to see any Toxomerus  around this time of year..





Same with any of our locally common Agapostemon sps.




...The other famous Danaus,  first time seeing any making a stop in the yard, instead of casually passing through. 

[Silas_Sancona]

The rare, occasional vagrant found wandering far from home after being blown off course during a storm?    ..or pioneering pioneers sus-ing out future new homes in a warming world?

I'll dive deeper into this later but,   some interesting reflection and research on exactly what seeing that Broad - Billed Hummingbird, Swallow - tailed Kite,  or American Oystercatcher in or near Los Angeles,  instead of where each is more " at home " ,   or a  Cattle Tyrant in S. TX,   instead of  ..Brazil..   might mean in a warming world.. 

Obviously, birds aren't the only critters that would be lured to new real estate in increasingly -suitable areas,  beyond where they roam now,  either. 


https://aces.illinois.edu/news/lost-or-leading-way-rare-birds-may-signal-shifting-migration-routes