A CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE THIRD KIND

 

We are in Janikowo again.

What a different sight from last week.

 A week ago there was sun and swarms of hawtorns fly - insects flying in huge flocks, of which I ate enough to say that they probably won't be on my menu. Not that I was deliberately catching them for consumption purposes - no - but they didn't even look where they were flying during the mating frenzy. 😊.

The hawtorns fly

The hawtorns fly

Now, however, after the last frost, the oaks are frozen and there will probably be no acorns this year. I think the huge energy expenditure needed to recreate the leaves will not leave enough energy for seeds (acorns) - it's a pity.

Frozen oak leafs

Nevertheless, life goes on. Due to the nice weather and quite high temperature, large numbers of butterflies who we have already seen - the green hairstreak butterflies - fly in the forest.

the green hairstreak butterflies

the green hairstreak butterflies

The  Cladonia coccifera or madame's cup lichen  with their red spores looked very nice.

The Cladonia coccifera or madame's cup lichen

I noticed an insect on the path - it was sitting calmly, pretending it wasn't there - it looked like a large mosquito - it was even called a mosquito - but it had nothing to do with mosquitoes - it was one of the marsh crane fly.

It does not feed on blood, does not bite and is not dangerous to humans in any way . So don't kill them !!  Let him live in peace.

 

Just when the walk was most serene - an alien came out from the forest onto the path??! My "guard dog" dog immediately "activated" by barking at him from a safe distance . The alien turned out to be Mr. Piotr, whom I wrote about in one of my previous posts entitled. TYTANS OF OAK FOREST  ,  who monitors the oak forest for scientific purposes.

We took the opportunity to capture a close encounter of the third kind 😊

from left: Andrzej, Małgosia and...an alien - means Mr. Piotr 😁😁

Coming back to the dog - remember that in the forest, for the good of the dog and ours (tickets are issued for un kept dogs), we kept him on a leash. It is also worth checking whether dogs are allowed in areas whenever you go into nature. Every dog ​​has primal instincts and we don't know how it will behave in contact with a wild animal.

Let me introduce you to Walker himself...

Walker "guard dog " 😂😂😂

Photos: Marek Czubaszek