Rob Alter's Backyard Wildlife and Weather → 2020

daily observations of wildlife and weather in my backyard, with photos

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This website records my daily observations of the weather, plants and animals, and anything else that seems noteworthy, in my backyard or nearby. Sometimes there are photos I have taken - some of which are shown in the slide show above.


Day 154 - June 02, 2020 - Tuesday
Beautiful Day - High of 91 Degrees - Butterfly

Weather
• A beautiful day. Hot but with fairly low humidity. Breezy at times.

Today's Weather - my weather station, in degrees Fahrenheit (F) and/or Celsius (C)
• As recorded in my home display
• High Temp: 91 F (4:24 pm)
• Low Temp : 59 F (5:08 am)

Temperature - official from TV or Weather Underground, in degrees Fahrenheit
• High: 
• Low : 

Humidity
• relatively low

Gardening and Yard Work
• moved the plant poles around to the back of the house to get them out of our view
• cut back the other butterfly bush that was touched by frost but not killed back - didn't look so great though
• took the yard debris I cleared from the hill the other day to the city drop off (M went with me)
• then I went by the city compost and mulch pickup and got compost (M went with me)
• new raised garden beds - started adding organic topsoil (4 bags) and an equivalent amount of compost

Observations
• didn't have much time for observing

Butterflies
• caterpillars
• red-spotted purple - photos

Birds
• robins
• smalls
• cardinal - male
• doves
• european starling
• grackle
• doves

Other Animals
• chipmunk
• rabbits
• squirrels

Photos
• of the butterfly

    
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Robert E. Alter

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