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Aug 3, 2016 3:22 PM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Okay, back to things I can identify!

My aunt seemed really excited when this Red-Bellied Woodpecker showed up. If she wants to see them, she should come to my house! Rolling on the floor laughing She thought it must be a juvenile due to lack of color.

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Hummingbird coming in for a landing!

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Get up in there!

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I saw a Robin! I've only seen one before and it was also in Grandma's yard. There were actually two, but by the time I got outside I only saw one.

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I think this is a really roughed-up Eastern-Tailed Blue. I accidentally disturbed it while searching the Pawpaw it's sitting on.

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The roof at Lowe's. Are these all pigeons? Why do they look different?

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Sachem on the neighbor's butterfly bush. I always see a lot of Sachems in WV.

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Walking back through what used to be Grandpa's vegetable garden, I saw a little variety. One year, Grandma had the guy not mow for a few weeks before I came up. And there's clover that grows there. It's a host plant for the Clouded Sulphur and they were everywhere. Not to mention all the other pollinators. But my aunt is in charge now and she had the guy come mow while we were visiting. Thumbs down Here's a Gray Hairstreak.

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There are always a ton of Eastern-Tailed Blues. But I like how in this picture the sun caught the orange spots and they look like they're glowing.

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Okay, dinner time. More later!

Ooh, Elaine posted. I didn't think about Mockingbirds. I never think about Mockingbirds. Rolling on the floor laughing It didn't come to the feeder, just stayed on the ground, if I remember correctly.

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