Again (May 2020)

Again

Rudbeckia with Genus Scudderia - Bush Katydids nymph (perhaps)

Scudderia.  Above, the Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata) most likely. Note the long black and white banded antennae.  So we're pretty sure that these nymphs, after six instars, will soon be looking like the adult female below. And the "fork-tailed" bit applies to the males. We read that katydids have excellent eyesight, and that proved true even with these nymphs that kept trying to evade the approach of the camera.

I liked this one because it gives the quintessential evening feeling of the primrose.

Here's a rescued yellow-billed cuckoo that had flown into a window, landed in the brush, been rescued from the nearest house cat, and left in that cat's carrier in the bathroom for a bit of rehab for the night. The next morning, it flew off nicely when released.

And this rock squirrel was limping around on the driveway. We did with it as we had done with the cuckoo. The following morning we let it out of the cat carrier box, and it ran healthily up the hillside.