[Suzanne,]

Suzanne, thanks for your report!
  I wish I could be there next year, it sound like a really great day. If I would be there, I would even like the mosquitoes!!!!!
  greetings Aafke

  bguitar Happy (belated) Birthday Jim in Atl  bguitar 

 

    

  greetings Aafke

In july I took a lot of pictures from Maxi, but I shared only one with you, here are a few more.
I took these pictures after the webcam was closed. The pictures are a bit dark, I took them right before sundown.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=5if1xsan.9u29sjo7&x=0&y=9y34gm&localeid=en_US


    greetings Aafke

Hey, that one looks just like Justice.  Now we need a yellow/white cockatiel for Lucky.  

Like this one?
greetings Aafke

No, Aafka - I can see how BIG  he was (I almost thought he was a Praying Mantis at 1st glance).  Great detail - you can see the leg fuzzies, which makes me wonder just how loud he is? 

Hi Janet
No, at that moment he made no sound at all.
I read that only males "sing" by rubbing the for legs and you can only hear them between 3 pm and 3 am. De sound is very loud. Interesting! Probably this great green Bush Cricket is a female, she has a  Ovipositor (cannot find the English word), males don't have one. She lays her eggs in september.
Maybe I will have hundreds of them next year!
greetings Aafke

reminds me of a katydid wonder if they are related.

I never heard of a katydid. I looked on the internet and saw it and I read: "True Katydids are relatives of grasshoppers and crickets".
Very good of you Bird Crazy!

greetings Aafke

[Lynda]

Happy Birthday Lynda   

  greetings Aafke

My neighbor yelled, come quickly and take your camera with you.
In a few seconds I was in her garden looking at a real BIG cricket.
Later I looked for it and I think it's a Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) in Dutch  Grote groene sabelsprinkhaan. I read that it is very common, how is it possible that I never saw it before?
Here are some pictures, it's hard to see how big he was but he was big!!!
  greetings Aafke
 

Cindy, thanks,  these are great video's. I miss all the webcams so very much but your video's made my day. I like all the birds, but the bathing robin in the grass was very special for me. And your garden looks very nice and BIG! Please send more
greetings Aafke

bguitar Happy Birthday Helen P. bguitar

         

greetings Aafke

Janet and Judi, very good, you were both faster than me 
 
I have to practise a bit more.
greetings Aafke

Thanks, I like the pictures, the dogs had a lot of fun!
 

greetings Aafke

[Black Redstart]

Here is the Puzzle of the Week 222

  Black Redstart   

It's also a picture of my vacation. It was a good moment to see some different birds than I see at home.

Black redstart (222) Jigsaw Puzzle

my time: 8.51 min for 70 piece bulbs

  greetings Aafke

["Love is in the air"]

Here is a Mariah and Kaver puzzle:

"Love is in the air" 

Love is in the air( Jigsaw Puzzle

my time: 3.42 min
I'm wondering where the smilie in the link came from. ???
  greetings Aafke

I think it's a hawk but don't know what kind.
The pictures are very nice,
You are very lucky to see such beautiful bird.


  maybe a red-tailed hawk?
greetings Aafke