Neighborhood 4/6 and 4/7/09

Some insects on Philadelphia Fleabane. (Top: a dark true bug of the plant bug family, or Miridae, about 1/4 inch. Middle: two contrasting Dermestid beetles, about 1/8 inch each. Bottom: Zethus Spinipes, about 3/4 inch.)

Yesterday and today, around noon, I took a walk and checked a few nearby yards for migrant songbirds. Yesterday, nothing except Yellow-rumpeds and Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Today, I found a female Hooded Warbler, a Nashville Warbler, and an Orange-Crowned that was in very bright plumage for that species. A few Yellow-rumped Warblers were in breeding plumage, and one was singing.