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More Garden Visitors

As an addendum to my Wordless Wednesday post, here are a few more visitors to my garden this week. The first I believe is female—Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. She hurried off before I could get a good photo.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

There are a fair number of dragonflies this year. This particular bamboo stick is a favorite perch for them.

Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)

Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

I had just started wondering why I hadn’t seen sulphurs this year when this one briefly appeared this week.  It’s the only one I’ve spotted though.

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)

The most unattractive of the week’s visitors is this circada. It is actually near the bottom in the photo above as well.

Cicada

Not a great bird photo but I can usually not get close enough for more than a blur.

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Hummingbirds have been numerous this summer. This one is female and less colorful than males.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)