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The photos above are a few insects I’ve found in our backyard over the last week. The shiny green one is a cuckoo wasp, as I learned from contacts on Twitter. The lady beetle is a Western Blood-red Lady Beetle.
On Thursday night I attended Seattle Audubon’s Centennial member meeting and the featured speakers were Craig and Joy Johnson, local bird watchers. Craig is a videographer, artist and photographer while Joy is a writer. They have written a couple of children’s books which we have, Harry the Woodpecker’s Search for a Home and The Amazing Hummingbird Story of Red Rufous as well as four photographic books about birds in the Pacific Northwest. They are a very talented duo.
The Audubon event included a screening of their video, Backyard Birds Habitat that they filmed almost entirely in their backyard on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound. Craig has managed to capture a wide range of bird species as well as some interesting behavior. The row of Bushtit fledglings lined up on a branch brought an audible ‘aw’ from the audience viewing the video.
Their website contains a number of interesting bird videos, below are a couple, including those Bushtits, and a video of a crow dispute.
Bushtit Fledglings from Craig & Joy Johnson on Vimeo.
Corvid Quarrel from Craig & Joy Johnson on Vimeo.
