This is not one of my better pictures but I decided to post it anyway Here’s a Male Ruby Throated Hummingbird.
Monthly Archives: August 2009 Remember that white headed Woodpecker I mentioned last night that I was hoping to get a picture of today? Well, I got it. By all indications, this “should” be a Red Bellied Woodpecker, but this one has a white head. Not sure what that indicates. Is it just a young Red Bellied Woodpecker or does...  I mentioned last night that we haven’t seen Michael J. Frog (Bullfrog) in quite a while. We finally did see him last night after we got a good rain. Ordinarily, Michael J. hides during the day, but today was different. He dove in the pool early this morning while I was out taking pictures. He...  I set up my one man chair blind early this morning to take some pictures of birds. Is this a young female Cardinal. It’s hard for me to tell whether these young Cardinals are male or female when they are still getting colors on their wings and beak. Well not really, but I realize I haven’t posted much this week. I’ve been getting home a little later than normal, then we’ve actually had some rain (yea!) a few nights as well. I’m going to try the early morning Saturday ritual and get some pictures. It’s supposed to be really hot and humid tomorrow...  A few folks asked for some recent shots of Coco, our African Grey Parrot. I finally got around to doing just that. Coco makes very few bird sounds, she mainly just talks English. She controls all the other animals in the house. When Sascha starts barking, she says “Sascha Phooey.” When Maggie makes her little...  Another new image of something I’ve never been able to get a picture of. It’s a Eurasian Collared Dove. It’s somewhat of a rare Dove for Houston, and it’s non-native. Here’s the Eurasian Collared Dove. It’s quite a bit larger than the Mourning Dove and it also has that ring around its neck. Here’s a...  Another first! We’ve seen the Giant Swallowtail adults, we’ve seen the Caterpillars, but we never have been able to find any of the Chrysalises. This is a Giant Swallowtail Chrysalis that we found on our Ruby Red Grapefruit tree.  It’s only fair if I have to wear a silly looking hat, that somebody in the house should also have to be humiliated. Here’s Maggie (Golden Retriever) wearing my hat. She didn’t even seem to notice because she was chewing on a bone.  I was fortunate enough to get some pictures of the Ruby Throated Hummingbird in flight. In this first show it shows a Ruby Throated Hummingbird testing out one of the new feeders we bought this weekend (we bought two). Here’s a picture of a Hummer coming in for a landing. Last, but not least, is... |
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