1994 Jul 19 Nature observation
There are orb weaving spiders in the corners of my window on the fourteenth
floor. You likely know these ugly brown critters with the black, abdominal feature
that for a brief week or two of every year hang from the trees, door jambs, etc. and web your
face when walking in the woods in the evening or elsewhere. It takes that two to three weeks
for the mud-daubers to round them up and alternately stack an egg or spider in
those mud tubes they put all over buildings under the eaves.
I noticed a sparrow, occasionally huffing and puffing while clinging to the
25 mm ledge as it checked out each corner of each window. This morning, after
several attempts, it hovered, web-centered and took the fairly large spider in
one of the corners, too recklessly cleaning its web of the 20-30 mosquito type
creatures it accumulates each night from the wafting winds up the side of the
building.
1994 Jul 25
The sparrow has returned many times and this morning, I watched it acquire
another of the hairy arachnids. Quite a mouthful.
Ronald W. Cook
Arlington, Virginia
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2002/02/10 18:48:24 Sun 041 1013384904 2007/06/31 pictures added.
