Waiting for the smoke to clear…

The Canadian wildfire smoke is still here, so I’m staying in this morning, and here are some pictures that I couldn’t squeeze into previous reports.

Here’s the painted lady butterfly from Saturday again, but this time giving us a little glimpse of the dorsal side (top side, seen when wings are open) of its left forewing.

Here’s a picture, also from Saturday, of the wood duck hen on the pond who started with ten ducklings, but had only five remaining by yesterday. I only got four in this picture, but there were others around at the time.

Here’s a little white-spotted sable moth (Anania funebris) hiding under a leaf, which is making its white spots look green, near the little wood satyr on the Solstice.

Here’s another look at the dickcissel from Sunday as it surveys its realm from atop a nesting box from which a tree swallow is peeking out.

Here’s an orange meadowhawk dragonfly (Sympetrum spp.), also from Sunday, and possibly a young white-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum).

Here’s another look at the meadowlark from Sunday, after it was in the tall grass and before it was perched in the tree.

Here’s a tiny summer azure butterfly (Celastrina neglecta) from just before I saw the great spangled fritillary on Sunday.

Finally, here’s a Savannah sparrow from Sunday that looked away just before it flew away. I’ve only seen their distinctive yellow eyebrows twice before, in Estabrook Park, once in April and once in May.

I hope that tides you over, and let’s all hope the smoke disapates, at least a bit, by tomorrow.