Monarch butterfly sipping nectar from a garden Zinnia.

Common and abundant.

SAPA Poses:

'Beija Flor' or humming bird sipping from the flowers at Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, North East Brazil.

Sweet Tooth @ Sunny's Photo Studio

A wasp quenching her thirst on a lilypond, and her reflection

Sipping nectar from my petunias. I have about 5 baskets of petunias hanging where my hummingbird feeders are. That way I can get the occasional hummer that is drinking nectar from the flowers rather than the feeders. I particularly liked this shot.

These birds are probably one of the biggest challenges to photograph. Their speed is so incredible, their movements so erratic, they of course very rarely stay in one spot for long and they are so tiny.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, large subjects are simple to photograph in action, but these guys make one take action photography to a whole new level

Don't bite off more than you can chew when you can sip the nectar

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They are thinning out a bit, still not the number of Butterflies we are used to have,

A female Anna's Hummingbird sampling the cape honeysuckle in our back yard.

Yellow Admiral (Vanessa itea)

Sipping on the Jade flowers on Sunday.

Happy Wing Wednesday!

Green Grass Dart (Ocybadistes walkeri)

This one was enjoying the Dandelion pollen so much it didn't notice me come in close to get the image.

A juvenile fox squirrel taking a sip at a local fountain ✔️

Green Grass Dart (Skipper) (Ocybadistes walkeri)

I don't often see the Skippers in the front garden. This one was sipping nectar from an African Daisy today.

You can see just how long its tongue is here.

Happy Wing Wednesday!

The picture revealed itself in front of me as I was having my last sip.

"Oh, the mighty Margarita............"

Note: Part of a series of graphic type images I am putting out to expand/pitch my work...

On black...

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It was my first trip out with the camera for a while this afternoon and how lovely to see this elegant painted lady in the beautiful Sussex Prairie Gardens - not a butterfly I've seen often around here. I was pleased with the detail on the head in this one, so worth zooming in!

Finally I got some photos from a great poser,

I have no idea why they like this spot by the chimney and the AC

Unit right under the bush, very close to the kitchen window.

Pose: Sweet Tea

Sunny's Studios

An active, but worn Red Admiral butterfly pausing for a moment on its way north.

Common start/end of season migrant and warm weather resident.

Der letzte Schmetterling für dieses Jahr. The last butterfly for this year.

A rufous hummingbird blissfully sips nectar from a purple flower (I'm terrible with plant names. I think it's a salvia of some sort). This is either a female or immature male.

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An Anna's Hummingbird sipping some nectar in our backyard. ✔️

A baby butterfly patiently waited for me to take the shot.

Happy Easter everybody!

Momentarily lost in the archives trying to find my way outside with camera in hand. The sun is shining and the Loons are calling. :)

- Rosa's Garden of Earthly Delights, Keefer Lake, Ontario, Canada -

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Hummingbird moth, clear wing moth, bee hawk moth ( Hemaris )

Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)

This one stayed long enough on the African Daisy for me to get a shot.

Happy Wing Wednesday!

Sipping Skipper, I thought that was appropriate tittle,

many in the garden Yesterday sipping nectar.

Happy Sunday!

juvenile ruby-throated hummingibrd in the garden

female Costa's hummingbird on the aloe vera blooms.

Tohono Chul Park

Tucson, Arizona

I was inspired by other images that I've seen here on Flickr. And decided to take out one of my teacups from my cabinet, pick some flowers from a hanging basket and shoot! I used a piece of glitter construction paper for the background and a couple of my small table top LED lights. (They get extremely HOT) I know it's very girly but I just wanted to use some of my props. Hoping to get back out side soon!

Thank you everyone!

Green Grass Dart (Ocybadistes walkeri)

I am still seeing good numbers of Skippers around. Not really surprising with temperatures around 30°C (86°F) for most of the Easter Weekend.

Anna's Hummingbird

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Fresh Banded Hairstreak tapping the juices of a Sage leaf in my herb garden.

Perhaps the most common Hairstreak to this area though not so much at my place.

Sometimes i like to go a different path and not with a daily theme. Do you know what i mean. I am also a wee bit shy on truck photos. Well, I have them but they are on cameras and i have been so busy as of late.

Happy Thursday

Cabbage White Butterfly (Pieris rapae)

This one was feasting on the weeds in the Sneydes Rd. Paddock.

Small Skipper | Thymelicus sylvestris | Hesperiidae

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Swallow-tailed Kite ~ (Elanoides forficatus)

A Swallow-tailed Kite gains some altitude after taking a sip of water leaving a trail of water drops.

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