We looked up from our usual walk in the park, and spotted this bald-faced hornet nest.  What I want to know is:  how it got to be this big without either of us noticing it on our weekly walks.  Well, it did, and it's huge:  bigger than a basketball!!!

 

It is up about 8 feet off the ground, and not too close to the walking path.  I have read that colonies of bald-faced hornets can contain 400-700 workers, and the workers aggressively defend their nest by repeatedly stinging invaders.  Yikes!!!

 

I have no desire to touch it, or get too close, but I LOVE seeing them.  And this one is awesome!!!

 

 

HAPPY SUMMER!!!