Dedicating my blog post today to two amazing creatures I saw yesterday .
First a caterpillar
Next a Spruce Grouse
I got the spruce grouse to come in close by playing a recording of a “female alarm” call. I’ve got an app on my phone with bird songs!
I wonder if anyone knows what kind of caterpillar that was – it was about 3 inches long. ?luna moth? That tail is crazy!!
Constantly impressed by mother nature,
Junco
kevin hikes 
That was a great picture of the grouse. Too bad it isn’t grouse season…
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Look at you with the video and bird distress call app! U da man!
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Definitely a hornworm- they’re notorious tomato pests but do turn into a pretty attractive sphinx moth eventually.
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Well this one was far from any tomatoes in a remote mountain bog I’m Maine.
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In maine
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The hornworm appears to be hand-painted with its extraordinary colors. We saw many of them in our garden at home, much to my father’s chagrin.
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Thanks, Sally. Great to think of your father. I remember him so well.
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Junco, Great photos. Spruce Grouse are very tame or perhaps clueless. Neat that you were able to get the photo with the sound app. The caterpillar appears to be a Tomato Hornworm caterpillar.
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Thanks Pat. I was not sending a high IQ in the spruce grouse I’ve seen
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