Things have been a little slow lately, as the hawkwatch platform has been closed for the past two days due to a deer hunt at Kiptopeke State Park. The count will resume tomorrow with high hopes for a good flight brought on by the cold front moving through tonight.
Throughout the season there has been a variety of insects and birds on the platform, even two resident five-lined skinks and a group of wasps residing in the wooden beams of the roof. Luckily, there has been some predatory species to help control some of the nuisance species.
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| A five-lined skink eating a marmorated stink bug |
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| A wheel bug preying upon one of the resident wasps. A marmorated stink bug to the left of them. |
~Katie
