We had a new sight and sound on the farm. We spotted a woodpecker in one of our walnut trees. Then we saw a second one and then a third one. They are called Northern Flickers. My daughter said she had seen one once in our old houses's yard in the suburbs. We thought they had flown away in the morning but later in the afternoon we heard one still in a tree somewhere. If you follow the link you will find a site about this bird and you also can listen to the sound. Here is our picture. And this was the clearest one we could get. i was afraid that if I went out I would scare them away. You can see one in the crook of the tree and onehigher up on the left. The other one was much higher in the tree.

We also found these on our potted tomato plant. We saw one tomato hornworm then a second one and then a third one. Its a good thing nothing is pregnant around here and due this being a triplet day. It seems kind of late in the year/summer for finding them.  The third one cannot be seen in this pic because we finally spotted it while we were staring at the others. The adult stage is a moth not a butterfly in case you were wondering.

And did you know about this item being a draw for butterflies in your gardens? Do you know what this is that they are alighted on?

This is the newly turned garden area where we just threw some horse manure.

The clouded sulfur butterflies are more numerous on it than the painted ladies. There are more patches of them on it too.

Blessings.