Thursday, March 18, 2010

Birds and Bugs

I was trying to get a picture of this raptor today becasue it looked a little odd. I wasn't sure if it was a red-shoulder hawk or not. I was all the way zoomed in so the image is a bit fuzzy.
Then the male flew in and answered that question. Spring time and love is in the air.
We've been doing soem fuel modification work at Black Hill and there were a lot of dead trees that have been cut up. Most of them have many termites in them eating up all the wood. Here are some workers and a soldier.And here are wood boring beetle larvae. I originally said termite queens, but you learn something new every day and stand corrected. We have been finding some blue green metallic partial beetles, so maybe that is them.

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