This morning I met up with the Sable Dunes Audubon Society at Ludington State Park for their field trip led by Dave Dister. The chilly air and moderate north winds dampened expectations, but Dave's familiarity with the park helped make the outing productive and enjoyable.
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| Hermit Thrush |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Flock of Redheads |
My shoot-first-ID-them-later approach to birding caught a Lesser Scaup among the flock of Redheads that may have been overlooked without the photo.
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| Lesser Scaup to the upper right |
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| Rusty Blackbird |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
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| Downy Woodpecker |
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| Eastern Phoebe |
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| Red-headed Woodpecker |
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| Great Blue Heron |
Photos from earlier in the week
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| Orange-crowned Warbler at Buttersville Park |
This caterpillar is one of many that repelled down silk threads out of my oak trees the past few weeks. Its hard to get a sense of scale from this photo, but this larvae is the size of a man's ear....
...more specifically FDR's ear as it appears on a US dime.
I discussed these caterpillars with Dave Dister last week when I ran into him at Ludington Harbor and he proceeded to point out a cocoon one had made on my car.
This one is on the rim of one of my tires.
And these are inside the rear driver-side door.
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