Another quick sneak to Valley School; we were disappointed to find that the Study Centre gate was locked. However, here are some of the interesting things I saw…

several butterflies, including the

ANGLED CASTOR:

the PEA BLUE: the SPOTLESS GRASS YELLOW: (no, it's not spotless because it uses the latest detergent...it simply doesn't have the spots that the Spotted Grass Yellow has.) the COMMON WANDERER: and a tattered ORANGE TIP: insects, including a small BEE hovering in mid-flight: an un id BEETLE: and this PUPA on the grass blade: I documented a couple of mammals, Homo sapiens photographensis: we did see a fair amount of birds, but didn't get to photograph many, but I liked this quick silhouette shot of a rapidly flitting WHITE-BROWED FANTAIL FLYCATCHER: having just missed one of them flying at about 10' height while I was photographing the Wanderer, the best sighting of all was seeing two ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARDS sitting on a tree: and one was calling repeatedly:

Here’s a short video of its call that I took: