IMG_0297_crop, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
Our camp nurse brings this bird to me because it’s not flying. The bird was found in chapel. Our nurse says that it looks like it’s not using it’s right wind. But after sitting on my hat for a few minutes, it flies straight up and then goes out of sight.
Harvestmen Eating Black Raspberries - June 20 2007, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
As I’m walking by the camp’s nature center I spy this harvestmen(daddy long legs) eating a black raspberry.
IMG_0216, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
This spider is on the inside of my garage door. I don’t know what it’s doing to her eggs?
IMG_0166, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
IMG_0104, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
With extended wings this fly examines my desk. It keeps its wings in this position the majority of the time. Is it trying to look bigger?
cover board, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
Some staff from the Michigan Natural Features Inventory are here at camp to put out some snake cover boards to do some research. These boards consist of carpet padding stapled to some thick plastic. Laying these cover boards in our wetland might yield some kirtland’s snakes. These snake spend about 90% of there time underground eating worms and therefore are hard to research. After it rains the snakes come up out of crayfish burrows and station themselves under these boards.
It will be interesting to see if there are some kirtland’s snakes here at camp.
Click beetle, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
This click beetle is in the main driveway at camp. Click beetles are cool because if you put them on their back they jerk their body with a click sound to flip themselves over. They’re fun to play with.
IMG_0077, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
