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| Hummingbird clearwing moth at the pond 11:45 a.m. |
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| Lots of catocala moths ready to surprise the unwary. |
At noon the mosquitoes in the shady woods were ravenous. So glad I had my Deep Woods OFF towlette packet. After that they left me alone.
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| Widow skimmers |
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| Obelisking dragonfly tries to keep cool. |
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| Fun shadows on Rowlett Creek |
A small group gathered at the picnic pavilion. Two people had cereal box viewers. Three had eclipse glasses which they shared. I had a collapsible colander. Park employees stopped their mowing to chat for a minute. The mowing really had the dragonflies busy chasing stirred up insects. A red-shouldered hawk hung in the air overhead
screeching. I wonder if it screeched about the mowing or the eclipse.
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| It never got very dark. |
Time of maximum coverage in Plano was 1:10 p.m., and coverage was about 75%.
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| Shadows seem to jump! |
The most entertaining of today's sightings defied attempts to photograph. Three juvenile five-line skinks were chasing each other over and under and around this long fallen log in the shadows having a dandy time. A picture of the log can't tell the story, but at least a public domain photo can show the almost neon blue of the skinks.
© 2014-2017 Nancy L. Ruder
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