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Beautiful Kingie coming in for a landing on his perch. Gorgeous light allowed me to capture this quickly on the fastest of shutter speeds.
Great Egret, Ardea alba, coming in for a landing in the Wetlands area of Seabourne Creek Nature Park in Rosenberg TX.
Thanks to Noel & especially Pauline for making me aware of this place! Ran into John & Johanna in the parking lot on the way out. Johanna is very impressed with your photography!
Week 51/52, 2019. Way behind in "52 weeks with Your Camera"!
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To all appearances, this is really a black moth with white-tipped wings, but in certain light, a beautiful blue can be picked up. I could see this slightly, but it really came out in a few shots.
(see photo in comments for black appearance)
HWW!
(Melanchroia chephise)
Wood Stork in all his glory
--drying off after a bath :)
(Mycteria americana)
New Port Richey, Florida, USA
HWW!
Bathed in early morning light the adult female forms an aggressive pose, shouting at a youngster from her first brood as part of seeing the young birds off the territory
Mali plavac — leptir svjetlosti i ljetne radosti. U jutarnjoj šetnji, kad trava još čuva kapljice svježine, plavac raširi svoja krila i pokaže to čudo modrine. Jedan trenutak u letu — a vječnost u boji.
The Adonis Blue — a butterfly of light and summer delight. On a morning walk, while the grass still holds drops of coolness, he spreads his wings to reveal this miracle of blue. A fleeting moment — and a forever hue.
This individual kept flexing his wings, then holding them open. Did it quite a few times! Wondered at first if it was a type of warning at me, but never seen any other shieldbug do it.
After taking (too many) photos, I walked away, and when I looked back, he was still doing it! So it can't have been at me! Perhaps he was just trying to rearrange his wings? Something was aggravating? Who knows! Any ideas?
Was lovely to get such good views with the wings open anyway!
Bourron-Marlotte - France
Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) feeding on nectar from a knapweed flower. This area of wild flowers close to Budleigh Salterton had several of these butterlies busily visiting them.
Comma / polygonia c-album. Stanton Canal, Derbyshire. 22/04/20.
'RAGGED ROUND THE EDGES.'
A very obliging Comma that basked on an Oak twig for ages. I made a cautious approach and got within a couple of feet of it, then made various images. It never flinched once which was a real bonus! Only when I started to move away did it take flight. Made for a nice encounter on a local lockdown walk. :-))
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
Butterfly Effect
Eastern Black Swallowtail ( female)
Papilio polyxenes asterius
I waited for over 1/2 hr yesterday for this beauty to finally land. I had spotted it once and went a little closer then it flew away. Patiently, I waited and finally she went back to her original resting spot. They do that!!! Patience is key!!! 😉
Camera: Canon EOS R7
Lens: HANIMAX AUTOMATIC ZOOM C-MACRO 80–200mm f/4.5 @200mm
Aperture: f/11 @ 1/100 sec
Focus: Manual, hand-held
Adapter: K&F Concept M42-EOS R
Mali plavac — leptir svjetlosti i ljetne radosti. U jutarnjoj šetnji, kad trava još čuva kapljice svježine, plavac raširi svoja krila i pokaže to čudo modrine. Jedan trenutak u letu — a vječnost u boji.
The Adonis Blue — a butterfly of light and summer delight. On a morning walk, while the grass still holds drops of coolness, he spreads his wings to reveal this miracle of blue. A fleeting moment — and a forever hue.
Comma / polygonia c-album. Bawdsey, Suffolk. 21/07/20.
Still in near pristine condition, the Comma busied itself nectaring on some bramble flowers. Oh that all butterflies were as confiding as this beauty!
(Papilio polyxenes asterius)
They can have a wing spread of up to 5 inches. Their host plants are members of the carrot family
Nature's poetry in motion. Side view of a female Ambrax Swallowtail butterfly, Papilio ambrax, in flight. It had been feeding on flowers of a pink Penta bush. Her wingspan is approx 90-100mm (3.35-3.9"). Seen in Atherton, far north Queensland, Australia.
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This photo was taken on 8 September 2015. In the morning, I joined a group of friends for a three-hour stroll at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. 38 bird species were seen, though I didn't manage to see any of the tiny, fast-moving Warblers. It was good to see 28 Wood Ducks, but they were far, far away, in an area that is still closed due to devastating flood damage. The Sanctuary had been closed for about two years for this reason and only very recently re-opened just a part of the area.
The Calgary Zoo is very close to the Sanctuary so, after our morning walk, I decided to call in there. I hadn't been for about a year and I really missed going there. Of course, many of the garden flowers were past their prime, but I did find a few that were fit to photograph.
I knew I wouldn't be able to walk far, having already been walking all morning, but I really wanted to get to the ENMAX Conservatory to see what was going on. I had been longing all summer to see the tropical butterflies and plants. The butterfly season will be coming to an end (or maybe already finished?) for these tropical beauties, but there were still plenty of them to be seen. Also, this month, the parking lot that I use will close for the winter and I don't like the drive back home from the north parking area, using Deerfoot Trail, so tend not to go to the Zoo all winter.
The Clipper butterfly (Parthenos sylvia) from southeast Asia, comes in two color forms: the blue form, native to Malaysia, and this brown form, from the Philippines. These are fast-flying butterflies that like to perch with their wings open and bask in the sunshine. I have added a previously posted photo of the Malaysian blue form in a comment box below, for comparison.
There was so much activity going on at the Zoo on this most recent visit. People everywhere, carrying large animals wrapped in white, protective coverings, preparing for ILLUMINASIA, Lantern & Garden Festival. Each animal is an individual lantern and there are so many of them. I noticed that several of the real animals in their enclosures were watching all the unaccustomed activity, which made me smile.
A good day, despite the overcast sky, and plenty of photo opportunities. Recently, I have been finding far fewer things to photograph, with fall on its way, so a day like this was more than welcome.
Bhutanitis ludlowi also known as Mystical Bhutan Glory, is one of the rarest of the rare butterflies of India. Was very lucky to get this macro shot at eye level at Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India.
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
It turned out to be a warm sunny afternoon yesterday! I was so happy to have seen Monarchs a plenty on my walk.
“• The monarch butterfly does not have lungs; breathing takes place through tiny vents in the thorax or abdomen called spiracles, and an organized arrangement of tubes called trachea, distribute the oxygen through the Monarch’s body system
• They have a 10 cm wingspan and weigh between 0.25 to 0.75 grams
• The wings flap slower than other butterflies at about 300 to 720 times a minute
• Senses of smell and vision help the Monarch butterflies to assess its environment”
It's rare that I find a Giant Swallowtail the is 1) in perfect condition, and 2) has it's wings held open. Definitely worth a few shots.
fresh male Monarch in its butterfly cage - moments before it took to the skies for Mexico! This guy has to survive the winter in the mountains of Mexico, then return to Texas in March to reproduce. in my North Georgia yard
Peacock / aglais io. Minsmere, Suffolk. 22/07/20.
'WARMING UP WHILE CHILLING OUT.'
Although warm, the sun hadn't fully broken through on the morning I made the image. I discovered this very fresh Peacock perched in a sheltered spot, on dead bracken. With wings fully spread it lay motionless, warming itself up. It made a very obliging subject, too good to pass by!
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
Although they are supposedly 'common', I rarely see them, so I was very pleasantly surprised when this beauty landed right in front of me today--and sat there....
Of course, my battery chose that time to run out, but this patient Buckeye waited for me to put in a new one :)
Florida Botanical Gardens
Largo Florida USA
(Junonia coenia)
Silver-studded Blue / plebejus argus. Westleton Heath, Suffolk. 29/06/18.
A male SSB basking on top of Bell Heather. Not the best angle from where I was working to get detail of all four wings, but nevertheless, it shows their broad black borders and white edge fringes quite nicely.
He had torn part of a hind wing already, despite looking so fresh and bright.
Repost from earlier this year. One of the Pool Bridge Farm Kestrels coming of a perch straight towards me.
Two Sandhill Cranes taking off from a stubble fleld. HWY 2, S of Meecham, Saskatchewan, Canada. 2 September 2020
2025-26: Judge commended out of 3783 entries in Photocrowd 'Minimalist Nature ' in October 2025
Added to Flickr's World Migratory Bird Day gallery at www.flickr.com/photos/flickr/galleries/72157716227229072
2020-21:Scored 22.5 in CAPA Prairie Zone competition: 'The exposure is good and the image is sharp. There are two distractions. The first is the yellow band across the top and the second is the bright area in the left of the water. A crop from the top and the left side plus darkening the water would fix this and make the Sandhill Cranes more prominent.'
A Long-billed Curlew calling while mobbing. They are very vocal while defensive. Grasslands National Park - East Block, Saskatchewan, Canada. 16 June 2019.
2024-25: Crowd 19th out of 2491 entries in Photocrowd 'Birds with Long Beaks' in December 2024
2021-22:Judge commended and crowd 41st out of 2000 entries in Photocrowd 'Birds' in June 2022.
2022-23: Judge merit award out of 3858 entries in Photocrowd 'Shot from Below' competition in September 2022. Judge highly commended out of 3288 entries in Photocrowd 'Brown Birds (in colour)' competition in November 2022. Judge merit award out of 1764 entries in Photocrowd 'Action Shots of Animals in the Wild' competition in April 2023. Judge highly commended out of 3033 entries in Photocrowd (Brown Birds (in colour) in July 2023