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The hummingbirds were all defending their preferred feeding stations against intruders. I got this juvenile (foreground) and adult male ruby-throated hummingbirds ready to go at each other. The adult won for the moment. As if the feeder in question did not have multiple drinking ports.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during summer 2020
A gulf fritillary and a southern dogface butterfly on my red salvia blooms. These were seen in Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during November 2021. We don't currently have many blooming wildflowers due to lack of rain.
This species of swallowtail butterfly is one I haven't seen often on our place. My photos just don't do justice to the brilliant beauty of these fluttering about among the wildflowers in our meadow. They definitely showed preference for the lavender flowers on the prairie verbena.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas.
Female cardinals don't get as much attention as their bright red male partners, but they are very pretty birds. Beige/grayish with bits of red and the bright orange beak that really stands out.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during December 2019
This little bird visits the suet feeders in my yard daily and rarely stays in one spot. He did grace me with a quick photo op when it perched on this leaning fence post near a tree.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during December 2019
Generally century plants (a variety of agave) have one tall spike with multiple clusters of flowers. Once the plant blooms, it begins to die. This particular plant was stunted for some reason and the spike was pretty short and only had one bloom cluster. It was a bit disappointing in that respect. However this hooded oriole was pleased with the nectar supply, I think.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during May 2020
Eastern bluebirds live around me but are not particularly bold about showing themselves to me. This male was on a mission to visit the birdbath and spent a bit of time while I watched. Luckily, I had the camera on hand. The bluebird of happiness, indeed.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas
Two female hummingbirds in a mirror-image flight near one of the feeders.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in September 2021
A nice little flycatcher that seemed to always be following me around. May not have been the same one each time but it was fun to think so. It seemed genuinely curious about me and posed nicely.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during July 2020
Female cardinals don't get as much attention as their bright red male partners, but they are very pretty birds. Beige/grayish with bits of red and the bright orange beak that really stands out.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during December 2019
According to bugguide.net this is a spotted thyris moth. It was very small. If you are familiar with the yarrow plant, you can see by the size of the flowers how small the insect is. Nice little pop of color against the white flowers.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in May 2020
Beautiful species of warbler seen at the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center in Port Aransas, Texas during spring migration.
This white-eyed vireo was foraging among the needles of a cedar tree. Didn't always get a view of the eyes but did get some shots of identification marks such as the wing bars, yellow eye line, and one good shot of the white eye and observed typical behavior. They are fast and tiny.
In Montell, Uvalde County.
Resident in my yard in Portland Texas. In fact, it's one of a pair that I saw gathering nesting materials so there may be "princebirds" in the near future.
A smaller butterfly than large orange. This one gave me a rare glimpse of the orange upper wings while perched on salvia.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in November 2020
AKA Mexican hat, these beauties blooms in spring and into summer here. Some of them are all yellow, some of them are two-toned with deep brown-red and yellow combinations and some of them are all the red color.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in May 2020
One of the many species of butterflies I am lucky to see and photograph on our property. The black swallowtail loves to feed on nectar from flowers. This one is on one of the red salvia commonly known as tropical sage that grows in my yard.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in August 2021
Papilio multicaudata
This is a large and flashy butterfly and I have been pleased so see so many of them this spring. All these images were taken in Montell, Uvalde County, Texas.
More from my aunt's butterfly garden. A variety of butterflies an other pollinators were taking advantage of the zinnias and other blooms on a marvelous October day.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas
This American robin was singing so sweetly. The fact that it framed itself for the photo was proof that this image was meant to happen.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during November 2020
Ingredients:
Helios 44-2
Sony alpha 6000
end of my road at home
Manual setup, manual focus, available light, handheld. Hope, you enjoy!
Carolina chickadee. We have plenty of these and they are year-round residents. The old watering can is part of an old fountain that the previous owners left behind. It doesn't work as a fountain, but it holds water in a bucket below and attracts birds as a bath and perch. When I saw this picture the lyrics to an old song went through my head "we do the wave all by ourselves" (Cheap Seats by Alabama)
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in July 2020