July 29 / the caterpillars

I found the first one a day or two ago, and two more this morning.  They are tobacco hornworms, on my tomato plants.  I had one last summer, and it got quite big and ate a lot of leaves and bits of fruit from the tomato I was growing.  So, I took the ones I found recently off the plant, and put them in a bucket with some pruned tomato leaves. I also fed the tomatoes and other veggies again today.

Common birds: house sparrow, cardinal (pair), starling, house finch (male), mourning dove

Summer visitors: red-wing blackbird (male)

Heard: blue jay, chickadee