#guineafowl

[sporraky]

Arloopa Guineafowl

[naturesfairy1]

Great 18.6 mile Bike Ride along the SNETT. Such a nice bike path in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

I logged 603 miles on All Trails. Which is surprising as we both are having medical issues. Definitely behind miles from last year. But happy to get this many so far this year.

Tomorrow I get the MRI for my knee. Hurts like heck. Bike riding makes me happy so I push thru the pain. Thanks for those of you who have been asking how I’m doing. Much appreciated. 🤗

We often times see Helmeted Guinea Fowl on one end of the Bike Path. This was the first time I heard what they sound like. Makes me smile to watch and listen to them. I got some footage will make a video later. 😍

A lifer was Sycamore Tussock Moth Caterpillar. Pretty little one but sad to see a Wasp Larvae coming out.

Parasitic wasps inject their eggs inside a living caterpillar, where the hatching larvae slowly consume the caterpillar from the inside out. What a horrible way to pass. 😢

The Seedpod is from Sycamore Tree.

🚴🏻‍♀️🚴‍♂️✌️💕🐝🐛

[funicularinclinefan]

I love these loud motherfuckers so much

[a-disaster-piece]

@south-africa-official! the guineaflings, they live!

they now have a little routine of coming through my house, taking advantage of my dog's water bowl, cooler temperatures inside, & the shade on the deck. my dog just lays there sleeping on the cold tile floor, she could not care less, while the parents coo & the keets walk a little more warily past her (same goes when we walk by them resting in the bushes).

i've also never seen birds so small & so young jump so high! i watched them just vertically spring up the tall pines, up to where their parents were settling in for the night roost.

the jackal buzzard pair is also collecting nesting material, taking it down quite close on this side of the gorge, & also saw one of the juvenile/immature african fish eagles returned to the area...for now, at least, until the breeding pair probably chase it off again.

[vintagewildlife]

Guinea fowl By: Unknown photographer From: The Grolier Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals 1994

[coffeenuts]

[burkh4rt]

[oscarthesamurott]

A side headshot drawing of the Guineafowl Flapper that I drew today