Here's a few sunny shots for this week's #wednesdaywalk by @tattoodjay
It was a perfect bright blue day at the lake and the recent rain has filled it to the brim with a calm water surface.
The edge of the lake has lots of milkweed growing next to it. The milkweed bugs are infesting the seed pods right now.
There must be hundreds of them on these seed pods.
Here's one of the seed pods that has dried out and opened up. Each of these seeds has a bunch of cotton on them to get carried away by the wind. This milkweed cotton also works well as a fire starter if you go camping.
Right above the milkweed plants this year's batch of redwing blackbirds are almost fully matured and ready to migrate south for the winter.
Meanwhile in the lake the turtles are still coming out to sunbathe. Both of these guys are red eared sliders. In about another moth or so they will be hibernating.
Here's a pretty large oak gall I randomly found in the grass. These are caused by wasps laying eggs in oak leaves/branches that create a tumor for the baby wasp to grow in. Eventually they fall off the tree as hollow husks.
My walk took me through a tunnel this time around. This leads to a running path with lots of wildlife trails on the edges.
The other side of the tunnel led me to a grassy area with a hilarious squirrel. I followed it until it ran up a tree.
Once he got high enough up in the tree he had to give me a few glares. This would make for a hilarious caption picture lol.
That's all for now happy #wednesdaywalk :-)
what a beautiful picture you share I like
Thanks for looking :-)
Thanks @ackhoo :-)
Love all the images the blues and the reflections, and so many of those bugs they must be feasting
and that last shot, I am chuckling just imagining some of the captions people would come up with
Thanks for joining Wednesday Walk :), I truly enjoy exploring the world virtually each Wednesday seeing walks from all around the globe and feeling I am there and experiencing it all myself, such as I did in your post just now :)
Poor squirrel might be turned into a meme.
It should be lol
Beautiful pictures!
Your Wednesday Wak of full of interesting critters and creatures!
Womderful!
Right now they are all in a rush to prepare for winter.
They must be frantically preparing, @sketch.and.jam, hehehe 😜😛
You really got an eye for the good shots mate!
Thanks :-) when its so bright and clear out my camera does wonders.