Friday, May 17, 2013

Spring on Gabriola Island

The temperature is mild now and the light rain comes early in the morning.  It is nice to see the Rofous hummingbirds that are feeding at the feeder now.  They hummingbirds seem to appear out of nowhere in their high speed, zooming dive down to get their drink from the feeder.

We have noticed that the Western Tent caterpillars are taking over the Alder trees.  They fall out of the sky and land on you.  Hopefully the brown bats that we see flying at night will eat them.  At night when we walk I am afraid of the bats when they seem to swoop down at you.

Another not so nice thing are the big black slugs that are on the wet grass or under the leaves of plants.  They say there are 49 species of slugs in B.C.




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