This is one of my fav photos i've taken. It just feels eerie and unsettling, it feels like something is off and/or missing. Maybe someone was in the photo before, but they're not there now. Weird vibe ngl..
When I've shown people this image, I get one of two responses: "this image feels comforting" or "this image is unsettling".
decided to make flags for the little bee & bird war that's been going on outside my house for like 7 weeks
bug posts on tumblr tend to blow up, i swear if this post gets popular and fanart is made of the factions & stuff 😭. I am not opposed to getting drawn as a skrunkly little war photographer cat though lol.
OBSERVATION NOTES:
context: i live on the left side of a duplex; the right side will be referred to as "DN" (duplex neighbor), the neighbor by the right duplex / my right neighbor will be referred to as "RN", and the left neighbor will be referred to as "LN"
The crows HAVE killed a starling already (i unfortunately watched and heard that happen), and the crows dive bombed a tree causing mourning doves and sparrows to scatter (this was an hour after the previously mentioned starling incident). This happened across the street.
The sparrows sometimes fight the starlings, but not often (probably due to the size difference). Usually in the backyard.
The starlings bully the sparrows at any given moment and seem to avoid the crows. They are seemingly running a food monopoly. Shoutout to the starling that mimics the calls of geese and a red tailed hawk screech.
The robins, ravens, and hawks do not play any visible part in the war rn, probably because they're rare around here.
The sparrows seem to take advantage of the distracted bees and swoop and eat them.
The mourning doves seem to not play any part and are overall peaceful from what i've witnessed, although i've rarely heard distressed calls from them and i assume its the crows doing the attacking.
Eggs have been knocked out of the dove nests between my house and RN's house.
There was a rabbit nest mass casualty event yesterday, had to rescue an injured baby bunny and hand it over to a rehab center.
The carpenter bee colonies are mainly fighting one another
The bumbleebee and leafcutter bee colonies occasionally get dragged into the mess
The mining bees actively engage any carpenter bee and anything that looks like carpenter bee adjacent ON SIGHT (i've watched bumblebees catch strays from the mining bees)
Do not know what part the great black digger wasps (Sphex pensylvanicus) play, i've only seen them today, so either A) there is a colony of them that got disturbed by the mining bees or B) they're here to feed on the wild Bishop's Lace around the area
I noped tf inside when i saw the wasp.
The sweat bees have not seemed to engage in the war, they just come and go
While trying to get my cat in the house today (she was hiding in a bush located in RN's garden space between the duplex and their house), I had to step over a small bush, and i got approached by an angry leafcutter bee. They have approached me numerous times and i have no clue why, involuntary acting as a startled deer usually seems to make them disinterested.
There were three colonies of carpenter bees, but "#2", as i named them, the colony that also nested in our house alongside #1, are seemingly gone. #3 seems to nest in LN's roof.
I presume the leafcutter and bumblebee colonies are allies because i have not observed them fighting each other
The bumblebees and leafcutter bees have seemed to drop out of the war
Bees are still fighting, although it's mainly carpenter bee vs mining bee, a few honey bees have joined in too
Starlings nowhere to be seen, but i heard the male that mimics the hawk cry in the tree in the neighbor's backyard.
The sparrows have been taking out bees left and right:
I'm pretty sure at 6am a crow took out a mourning dove or two, so the crows have several avian and lagomorph bodies to their name.
A sweat bee rammed into one of the carpenter bees, that's the first time i observed them joining the fighting
I saw two rabbits chasing one another, playing mayhaps?
Horseshoe flies in the backyard (the sparrows are far too focused on the bees to handle 'em)
Bumblebee let me get close enough to take a photo:
Spotted a crow
I think thats a crow. It could be a small hawk, fish crow, or raven? Idk, any help from ornithologists, bird experts, or raptor biologists is appreciated!
This is one of my fav photos i've taken. It just feels eerie and unsettling, it feels like something is off and/or missing. Maybe someone was in the photo before, but they're not there now. Weird vibe ngl..
When I've shown people this image, I get one of two responses: "this image feels comforting" or "this image is unsettling".
Fort Roberdeau is a civil war fort that often hosts reenactments, but most of the time it's a museum. The Mt. Lion Observatory is located behind the fort (i have went behind the fort several times for my astronomy club back when i was in HS). There is a walkable trail (with cart rides available for the disabled) with various historical areas and installments, including a lookout over a waterfall.
Throwback to when our club had a haunted trail halloween event (similar to a walk-through haunted but outside) and me and my friend wanted to prank our astronomy teacher so, instead of playing haunted music, we started up funkytown before he arrived, the look he gave us was hilarious. Mr.K was an amazing teacher.
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