Monthly Archives: October 2009 Leecy and I both got up early to venture out to Sheldon Reservoir. I actually did the fishing, and Leecy took the pictures. As I’m casting out my line, Leecy yells “There’s a gator!” As I peer through my camera lens, sure enough, there was a huge Alligator just crawling out on the shore on...  I was bored so I decided to pull out the Macro lens. I don’t think I’ve tried using this lens with my Canon 7D. For better or worse, there were hardly any insects that I could find in the backyard. I decided to walk over to the Passion Vine to see if I might be...  I know the picture isn’t that great, but I still wanted to post this. We have this one lonely looking, fat female Ruby Throated Hummingbird that is hanging around. All of the other Ruby Throated Hummingbirds have already flown south, but this gal remains. I almost feel kind of sorry for her, especially during the...  Another “critter” that took advantage of the brief bout of sunshine we had was this male Monarch. He was obviously quite hungry as he only would land on this Butterfly Bush, and wasn’t the least bit concerned about patrolling for female Monarchs. I don’t know about you, but to me he sure has a lot...  It’s been raining here constantly so the wildlife has been essentially staying covered. Today, finally, in the late afternoon, the sun finally broke through all the clouds. For the critters that depend on a little warmth to get moving, they took advantage of the sunshine. One such critter was this Lizard (Anole). He started off... |
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