Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Female Amberwing
I have found a few new hiking locales on the way home from work. One Hemlock Gorge had little flocks of amberwing dragonflies. I saw my first female as well. The males have completely gold wings, the female has pretty bars.
Labels:
Daily Photo,
Dragonfly,
Macro
Monday, July 30, 2012
Crunch
It wasn't even particularly windy, just very rainy. It also wasn't a tree I ever suspected of dropping. Of course it went right into the pond. It took out a length of fence, but the shed seems to have survived fine.
Labels:
Daily Photo,
garden,
Scenery
Friday, July 27, 2012
Blue Dasher
Blue Dasher Dragonfly |
Labels:
Daily Photo,
Dragonfly,
insect,
Macro
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Sometimes having ridiculous quantities of bee balm comes in handy. This swallowtail just fluttered back and forth for quite some time.
Labels:
butterfly,
Daily Photo,
insect,
Macro
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Amberwing
Amberwing Dragonfly |
Labels:
Daily Photo,
Dragonfly,
insect
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Painted Skimmer Dragonfly
Painted Skimmer Dragonfly |
Labels:
Daily Photo,
Dragonfly,
insect,
Macro
Monday, July 23, 2012
Turk's Cap Lily
The upside of having a temp job is having a job, the down side is not being in the yard during the day. The Turk's Cap Lilies have been blooming for over a week now and this was my first chance to photograph one.
Labels:
Daily Photo,
Flora,
flower
Friday, July 20, 2012
Flying Hawk
Excellent winds let the hawk float about 6 feet away from me for a short time. Quite convenient for photography.
Labels:
bird,
Daily Photo,
Fauna,
hawk
Thursday, July 19, 2012
More Red-Tail
There were people on this beach maybe 15 feet away when the hawk landed. They got closer and it just sat, spending lots of time watching the grass, likely trying to figure out how to catch the voles that lived in there.
Labels:
bird,
Daily Photo,
Fauna,
hawk
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Carolina Saddlebags Dragonfly
Carolina Saddlebags Dragonfly |
Labels:
Daily Photo,
Dragonfly,
insect
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
12 Spotted Skimmer
12 Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly - male |
Labels:
Daily Photo,
Dragonfly,
insect,
Macro
Monday, July 16, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Immature Red Tail Hawk
No I did not spend last week at a falconry show. I was on vacation on the Cape where the wi-fi access was too spotty for posting. The hawk above actually landed on my hotel roof, then proceeded to land on a post right outside by porch. It then hung around for about 20 minutes total, though some of that was back on the roof. There were numerous people approaching to photograph and it didn't seem startled much. This photo is cropped slightly to cut out the two people in the background also photographing the bird. I took roughly 10 photos a minute while it was hanging around. You can never take too many photos of an unlikely critter. More cape critters to come, including more hawk pics.
Labels:
bird,
Daily Photo,
Fauna,
hawk
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Pickerelweed
It's been several years since I planted these and I'm finally getting flowers in a standard configuration rather then just two little flowers before it falls in the pond.
Labels:
Daily Photo,
floaer,
Flora
Monday, July 2, 2012
Damsel
The damselflies are hatching from the pond in impressive numbers. I still feel bad putting mosquito dunks in there as I expect that impacts them as well as the mosquitoes, but I can't have West Nile in my backyard.
Labels:
Daily Photo,
damselfly,
insect
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