Sunday, July 01, 2007
Ever seen a green
...moth? That's what the Fas Gas employee in The Pas, Manitoba asked me when I stepped out of the car to stretch my legs. Nope, I said, and followed him over to the corner of the building. There it was. I gave him a big thank you and rushed in to tell H, who was paying at the time. When H saw it, his smile became all the wider. That's a luna moth, H said. A luna moth at the northern edge of its known range. So there we sat at a busy gas station on July 1 while H photographed the moth. Meanwhile, the employee continued to point the moth out to his customers and one by one they came over to take a look. Some stopped to chat. One man had a particular interest in moths, so H pulled a field guide out of the trunk (our trunk contains quite a library) and there they stood discussing various moths. People came and went. The luna moth moved just a bit. Stopped in a more beautiful position.
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Very very nice moth. Who knew they could be so pretty.
Thanks for the gift. Pictures to come tonight!
Ha! You're welcome, Rhett! I look forward to the pics. I was worried about you guys. I saw you had a couple weather warnings while you were camping. We witnessed one heck of a storm where we were staying. It downed lots of trees and knocked power out for over 8 hours. Ugh. So as the chainsaws buzzed, removing trees from the lines, there I was, desperately seeking coffee.
Yeh, we had quite a storm. Not a lot of rain, but it was sure noisy. Thankfully no tornado sucked me up.
Quick question: I kept seeing a bird that looked really pretty and I was wondering what it was. Most of them were all black except for bright red patches on their shoulders. What would that be?
The tornado was probably thankful, too! :)
Hm. A Red-winged Blackbird or an American Redstart. Both can be found there. Does one look familiar? It's tough to find a good example of a redstart online. They're far flashier in real life.
Red-winged blackbird is the winner. Thanks. They were all over the place.
Nice! They're great birds.
Hurry up and post some pics!
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