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The Daily Bucket. First day of school - I played hooky. [1]

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Date: 2023-08-29

School started today (Monday, August 28, 2023) here in Quincy, CA. I remember back when I was a kid, a grammar and high school student: worst day of the year, period! I hated it! It wasn’t that I didn’t like school so much, it was just that recess,

all

day

long,

was now over.

So, to celebrate Back to School, I went out and played. With my camera. Ironically, it was in the Feather River Learning Landscape Outdoor Classroom.

Orange-crowned Warbler

Here’s the birdie!

Look close and you can definitely make out the bird’s leg coming from its body and down to the branch.

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Not a birdie. Best-yet shot for me of a Common Green Darner, Anax junius.

Note how it comes to rest hanging vertically, always tail-down. That’s common for all Darners. This one’s a female.

Appearance The common green darner dragonfly (Anax junius) is about three inches long and has a bright green thorax. Males and females can be distinguished by the color of their abdomens — males’ abdomens are an intense blue while females’ abdomens are reddish brown. Green darner naiads (or immatures) live in ponds and streams and have cylindrical bodies with long legs. Fun Fact The name Anax junius most directly translates to Lord of June, as Anax is a Greek word meaning lord, king, or master. Darner dragonflies (family: Aeshnidae) are also nicknamed “devil’s darning needles,” “mosquito hawks,” or “horse stingers,” although they don’t possess any stingers. University of Minnesota — Department of Entomology

The bell rang. Class was over. This was hanging out by the door. Being so close, I took several shots. Black-headed Grosbeak, and I posit recently fledged, given its size, feather conditions, and tolerance of me standing within three feet of it. I do love it when I can get this close and capture this level of detail.

Now it’s your turn.

What’s up in your world, nature and changes, that you have observed lately?

Let us know in the comments and as always please include your location, and photos if you got ‘em!

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