Beautiful bird!! What a thrill to get to see the pair together. I came home today to find a mess by my driveway a mockingbird had made a nest & had at least 1 tiny baby & crow got the baby to the ground (dead)& mom/dad I don't know as lot of feathers all over, hope it wasn't my favorite 1 & hope it's is still alive. It must be a little ragged if it is. He?(I think males are only ones that sing) often sat just a few feet from me when I weeded & sang or just sat there.Haven't weeded for over a month so it's a mess out there, hope to get into better routine soon.Day by day for now. Mockingbird lets me know if birdbath is about empty by whizzing over my head, hummers do that too, if their feeder is empty. Jules, send some of those beauties my way, I would love to see them in my yard. I have seen a regular oriole drinking from my hummer feeder.Jan

I sincerely hope you bat lovers are aware of the extreme danger from rabies that bats pose to humans and other mammals--_Homo sapiens_, or not. The battery of shots used to prevent the development of rabies in a human who has had the misfortune of being bitten by a rabid animal may not be as horrid an ordeal as in decades past; but the regimen is certainly not a walk in the park.

That's so funny, they do look like Pekingese. I don't know that I've ever seen the moth, but according to the Internet, they are just plain silver winged, but their body is orange with black spots.

Brad a couple years ago on a camping trip in the Boreal forest I saw a Luna moth caterpillar. That caterpillar was incredible because it was very bright green and translucent so it looked like it was glowing from within. My friends had seen an adult moth resting on their then on a previous trip. I am still hoping to see an Atlas moth but they seem to be quite rare as well. A monarch from a few years ago just after unfurling it's wings out in the garden. One thing to remember if you want to see more butterflies and moths is to make sure that there are larval host plants as well as nectar plants for the adults. I think everyone should have an Asclepiad tuberosa or another native milkweed species in their garden but other plants like Aristolochia, Dill and Fennel are important larval host plants. When we did the landscaping at my sisters new house I made sure to select as many butterfly nectar plants as possible plus a few host plants. The only time I have seen a hawk moth was when I had a big collection of Datura and Brugmansia plants and a moth would come visit them when the fragrance started come nightfall. Mike