Left-overs before leaving.....

I found some images from last Thursday that I never got around to posting. We drive up to Indy later this afternoon and fly out early Tuesday morning. I hope our plane will remain rightside up unlike this little skipper who is trying the upside down position!
I finally got 2-3 photos of the Clearwing Hummingbird Moth. I've been trying to get this critter for several weeks.

They are such strange looking critters! The shape of their body and that tail area remind me of a crawfish, their body color looks like a bee, and the clear wings are like dragonflies and they buzz around like hummingbirds! There was an actual hummingbird flying around the same flowers and it was interesting to compare their hovering activities!

Hovering


I saw a dragonfly that I did not recognize.

A rather short fat body, brown....with wings that have patches of color.
If I've seen it before, I don't recognize it here.

Another shot.

The Tiger Swallowtail ......

....and this black swallowtail were very busy that day.

Back home the wrens are still keeping me busy watching their feeding.

Yummm....spider for supper?

A caterpillar perhaps?

I just know they are going to fledge while I am gone! I still have no idea how many might be in there, but Mike says he can hear noises and you can see the gourd swaying as they move around.

The parent brings food and then leaves with......what? Poop? egg shell? Whatever it is, he is busy cleaning as well as feeding.

He is in and out so quickly, I'm surprised he has time to let go of one thing and grab another!
Well....that's it until we get to Seattle!