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Until a couple of years ago, I didn't realize that Katydids live in Alberta. Today, this one flew in front of me and landed on a Fireweed stalk in a good position. I think they are an unusual and attractive insect.
Wagner Natural Area. Parkland County, Alberta.
Taken at Tucklesholme Nature Reserve, Staffordshire.
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Interesting facts about Thomas: Broad-winged Hawks nest in Ontario but spend the winter as far south as South America. During migration, they can form large flocks or “kettles” that can contain thousands of birds. When migrating, Broad-winged Hawks travel an average of 110 kilometers per day and a total of 7000 kilometers one way!
Was photographing an Olive-side Flycatcher, when this guy showed up.Hope i got the I.D. right.
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It was an amazing experience to be able to watch this daring male defend and feed from a specific flower patch day after day at the YMCA. I knew how attached individuals could get to one pot of flowers from previous encounters, so I just hung around them until a bird showed up and stayed in the area. Luckily for me, it just happened to be this brilliant male, and he wasn't shy at all.
Quite a rarity this far north in West Texas, this bird visited hummingbird feeders on private property in Nolan County, TX.
A female broad-billed hummingbird emerges from the shadows at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. If I were to choose my perfect bokeh, it would not be beige, but living in the desert there tends to be a bit of beige around. So you shoot what you see. At least the hummingbird brings a sparkle of green to the scene.
This Northern Shoveler drake gives me a look at that broad bill of his as he comes more in my direction.
Taken 18 May 2019 at Spenard Crossing, Anchorage, Alaska.
I find the iridescence on these broad-billed hummingbirds to be just astounding. Such a gorgeous display of shimmering plumage color accented by that red beak. You can see his delicate feet hanging down.
Their feet are so delicate that hummingbirds are incapable of walking or hopping. Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, Arizona.
From Wiki: The motmots are a family of birds in the order coraciiformes, which also includes the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. All extant motmots are restricted to woodland or forests in the Neotropics, and the largest are in Middle America. They have a colourful plumage and a relatively heavy bill. All except the tody motmot have relatively long tails that in some species have a distinctive racket-like tip. Motmots eat small prey such as insects and lizards, and will also take fruit. In Nicaragua and Costa Rica, motmots have been observed feeding on poison dart frogs. Motmot (and Jacamars) nest in cavity they dig like kingfishers and bee eaters.
A short trip to Vancouver and a few treasures are nabbed in broad daylight. This of course brings up the question of light it self. Is there good and bad light for photography? Instead, I would contend that if you think you are shooting in bad light, then perhaps you are shooting the wrong thing.
This landscape shot would not illicit the strong shadows and differing colors given those parcelled at sunset. Rather, choose your subject given the lighting conditions and find the gems that exist all around us.
Broad billed motmot, Panama.
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Another one of this fantastic male... it's great that hummingbirds are so tame, because they really are marvelous birds.