Vanessa cardui, known as the Painted Lady, is also known as The Cosmopolitan in North American. She has the strange habit of flying in a sort of screw shape, something I did not observe, as she chose to pose beautifully for me among the flowers. Her names intrigue me, bringing to mind a lady of…
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Eat That Frog!
To some, it may be a self help book on procrastination. To this Black-crowned Night-Heron, it’s breakfast 😊 With some patience, on both my part and the heron’s, together we were able to see this through to the final act. Well worth the wait. 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸 Happy Bird!
Squabble at the feeder
I watched these two flutter around the feeder for a bit. It may appear that the tiny hummingbird was scared off. Let me tell you he’s a tough little fella. He still got his lunch! I am fascinated watching the birds at our hummingbird feeder. Finches, woodpeckers and yes the little hummingbirds. We even have…
Lens Artists challenge: My Photography Journey
This week Amy challenges us here to post on our journey with photography. I have always loved taking pictures. Oh the hundreds and hundreds of photos I trashed when decluttering as I would review the zoo trips, parks and nature outings of my youth. How things have changed! I finally gave up film cameras and…
Bird Weekly- Photo Challenge -Brown feathered friends
Lisa challenges us this week on her post here, looking for birds with brown feathers. Here is another newly discovered bird for me, this cute little Ruddy Duck! The colorful one would be the male, and the pretty brown one would be his little female friend. 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎 This sweet little bird below is a White-crowned…
peace of life today 