On this day I have a new niece or nephew. It is impossible to know which, but I think it's a niece. My sister is wise to hide this from me. I can't know until I bring her a herring, a truffle, and a rainbow roll.
The 11th of September had few birds. More birds than nieces/nephews, but not by much.
In their stead, here is the large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba), a widespread Palearctic species that was introduced to North America in the 1980s and has rapidly colonized the continent. This character (in part) was featured on TPAD last year.
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| Large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba) |
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| Keeping up the babe theme, here are two Pelagic Cormorant chicks. This cliff ledge is typical nesting habitat of this species. Look at that neck-fluff. |
Fleck-nuff
ReplyDeletePerhaps I shall change the baby's name to Pelagic in honor of this post. : )
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