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You know what we're looking at today? That's right, more birds. Only this time they're tiny ones that you can probably fit in your hands. Not that it's a good idea to try to fit these into your hands- cute as they might undoubtedly be, wild animals are still wild animals. General protocol if you see baby birds (or just baby animals) is to leave well alone for at least a day or so if they don't look unhurt and just keep an eye on things, even if their parent isn't in sight. If you do handle them though, don't worry! Their parents will take them back. The whole thing about animal moms not taking back their kids if humans handle them is honestly very bunk, and mostly there so that children don't handle animals. I'm assuming you're all not children, so.
Anyway, that's all for today's pre picture natter, so on with the cute!
ruby crowned kinglet
golden crowned kinglet
variegated fairywren
superb fairywren
robin
ruby throated hummingbird
anna's hummingbird
gouldian finch
doubled barred finches
painted bunting
snow buntings
song sparrow
And today's spider, wait for it...
Here it is!
This is Araneus quadratus, which is really mostly just called the four-spot orb weaver. It's actually one of the most common spiders around Europe and Asia and isn't very big, at their very largest, the females might only ever get up to... well, just under 2 centimeters. You might note from these pictures that they all look a little different, apart from the four white sports. That's because a) they do actually come in different colours and b) they can change their colours over several days. It's pretty impressive, isn't it?
Like other orb weavers, they build their nests to catch insects that come by. Unlike other orb weavers, they tend to prefer lower web building sites, so you won't see these high up in trees. Rather, they'll construct their homes closer to the ground or between lower bushes so as to catch insects that jump around on the ground when they take wrong jumps into their webs. Here are two more pictures of these pretty ladies:
Anyway, that's all for today's pre picture natter, so on with the cute!
ruby crowned kinglet
golden crowned kinglet
variegated fairywren
superb fairywren
robin
ruby throated hummingbird
anna's hummingbird
gouldian finch
doubled barred finches
painted bunting
snow buntings
song sparrow
And today's spider, wait for it...
Here it is!
This is Araneus quadratus, which is really mostly just called the four-spot orb weaver. It's actually one of the most common spiders around Europe and Asia and isn't very big, at their very largest, the females might only ever get up to... well, just under 2 centimeters. You might note from these pictures that they all look a little different, apart from the four white sports. That's because a) they do actually come in different colours and b) they can change their colours over several days. It's pretty impressive, isn't it?
Like other orb weavers, they build their nests to catch insects that come by. Unlike other orb weavers, they tend to prefer lower web building sites, so you won't see these high up in trees. Rather, they'll construct their homes closer to the ground or between lower bushes so as to catch insects that jump around on the ground when they take wrong jumps into their webs. Here are two more pictures of these pretty ladies:
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