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One of the first few shots I took to test out the new Canon Powershot SX200 IS that I received today
These red tailed bumble bees have set up home in a nest box hung up in our tiny garden.
You can see then at work but to my surprise they seen to tolerate white tailed bumble bees also using the nest as we see these enterering the nest hole but as yet cannot nail a photograph.
As part of my birthday celebrations, we took a trip to our favourite RSPB site, Old Moor. There were a few baby birds around, which was lovely to see and managed to get a couple of uncaptureds for my 2012 bird project. There was also a fair few insects around. We did also have a look for the bittern (which apparently has babies) but we didn't see her :-(
Midmorning natural sunlight plus on-camera HSS bounced flash
California bee feeding on English ivy berry
Can you spot her?! This was taken by my own fair hand in Cleveland, Tennessee. Certainly helped me overcome my fear of bees!
This year (2011) Southeast Michigan has had it's hottest July on record. The high temperatures and the lack of rain really wilted many of the wild flowers. But this bee mimic, the Snowberry Clearwing moth (Hemaris diffinis) found some Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) that still had a few tubular flowers still vibrant.
This moth is about 2 inches long, and it hovers like a hummingbird. In fact, there is a closely related moth called the "Hummingbird Moth" (also a clear-winged moth). The scales on the wings drop off after the first couple of flights leaving the clear wing. The first one I saw made me back off, thinking it was the biggest bee I had ever seen! But, it's a harmless moth.
a male Valley Carpenter Bee.
I call it a California blond bee.
More photows of this bee at
naturelover.smugmug.com/Nature/golden-bumblebee-in-our/30...
On our hike, Nat and I saw several bees that were having a hard time. It was windy and chilly, which I am sure didn't help. This shot left me impressed with the kit lens on the A6000.