The Mourning Doves are back in force, and I am so happy. I hear their song every day now. All photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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The Mourning Doves are back in force, and I am so happy. I hear their song every day now. All photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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Stunning shots from Saad, the ruins of Volubilis in Morocco. Click for full size.
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A gorgeous beetle, from rq. 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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Epargyreus clarus, from D. Gregory.
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Baby Robin. Yes, I used a flash, it was cloudy, on the dark side, and baby was deep in the pine, so I opted for flash rather than super grainy from high ISO. All photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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In love. In remembrance. All photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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From Lofty:
Today was cold but sunny so I rode the bike down the quickest way to the City and back home another way. The pictures illustrate what I like most about this time of year. The fresh green grass thinly covers the sun blasted slopes of the season just past, without making the bones of the hills invisible. Down the hill I go into the lusher valley below. Even the urban park I ride through has a fresh green surface past the gnarly head height oak branch. Back up to 2000ft and the green is not always from grass, and not everything that grows is green.
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(Calopteryx maculata). So beautiful! From D. Gregory. 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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We had the privilege of watching a pair of Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) choosing a nesting site, on our property! They danced off property a bit, because we were stalking them, but were attracted by some areas of high grass on our place. We have never seen killdeer in Almont, or even very close, before this day. The male was a bit upset with me, because the female was attracted by the shutter noise, and made right for me a time or two. Hopefully, after we left them, they’ll choose a spot on property or close, so we can watch them parent. A very exciting event for dinosaur watchers! All photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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Gorgeous! From D. Gregory, a Clouded Sulpur (Colias philodice) on clover blossom. 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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Shrooms. Click for full size.
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Lady Grosbeak. Female Black-headed Grosbeaks are one of my most favourite birds. I know the males have wonderfully dramatic colouring, but it’s the ladies that look beautifully exotic to me. Pheucticus melanocephalus. Photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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The front deck pines are full of baby Sparrows, trying to figure this how to be a bird business. They are all busy looking at all the food on the deck, but aren’t terribly sure about how to get down there, let alone what to do once they make it. Photos are 1300 x 863, click for full size.
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