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The Southernmost House - 1400 Duval Street, Key West
The southern-most house in the continental United States
The Florida Keys - Key West, Florida U.S.A. - Dec. 4th, 2020
["Mmmm, chlorine water! Much better than salt water!" LOL]
["Hey you gulls! That pool is for paying guests only!" LOL]
[left-double-click for a closer look - cute seagulls! LOL]
If you drive south through the United States, through Florida, through the Florida Keys, to the end of the road at mile/marker zero... you end up at this house! Then, 90-miles of open-ocean,
and then Cuba! It's quite an amazing island! Come and visit!
------- Key West, Florida : Close to Perfect...Far from Normal -------
[Many weekends there are weddings at this Victorian-style mansion]
[Ocean-view Tower-room is often reserved for the bride and groom]
History: It was built in 1896 for a cost of $250,000 as a private
residence for Judge Vining Harris. It was converted years later
into a Cuban nightclub called Café Cayo Hueso in 1939. It was
converted back into a residence in 1954 and remained so until
1996, when it underwent a $3 million renovation and was then
converted into an 18-room hotel. Quite an amazing hotel to visit!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southernmost_House
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_keys
My Key West 2020 Slideshow : flic.kr/s/aHsmTvNLb4
This butterfly is from the Wings of the Tropics exhibit in The Clinton Family Conservatory at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden ...
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
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This Neon Cuckoo Bee (Thyreus nitidulus) was sipping nectar from a potted Purple-top Verbena (Verbena bonariensis).
More photos in first comment box.
This bee lays its eggs in Blue-banded bee nests (Amegilla species)
A male Anna's Hummingbird sipping from a flowering bush. It's getting to be the season when I'm seeing the males do their dive display, which if you haven't seen it, it's pretty cool. It's all about wooing the ladies. He'll climb to about 100 feet (~30m) in the air and hover there for a moment. Then he dives straight down at incredible speed. As he pulls out of the dive there's a great squawk that emanates not from his voice, but from feathers on the front of his wings vibrating the the reed of a clarinet. Then he'll hover in front of the object of his affection for a few moments so she can get a good look at the awesomeness of his shimmering fuchsia gorget. Then he'll repeat this climb and dive routine 3 or 4 times before the female either accepts or rejects him. The male Anna's hummingbird is just a sperm doner though. Once the act is done, he leaves to find another female to woo, while she's left to build a nest, and raise the young all by herself. Not very equitable, but such is the nature of this species.
The shot on the left was shot at ISO 20,000. I used to never want to shoot above ISO 800, but the noise reduction now built into Lightroom is so good that you can get a reasonable image even at super high ISO. I find that Lightroom does a much better (if slower) job than Topaz at the super high ISO (>8,000) If curious, you can see a little experiment I did here: www.flickr.com/photos/183599265@N08/53458178064/in/datepo...