Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Monthly Archives: October 2009 Got up early this morning since the sun was finally out. Found a few Monarch Caterpillars and a Queen Caterpillar. I haven’t seen the Queen’s flying around, but have seen the Monarchs. Larger size of a different Monarch Caterpillar. And here’s the Queen Caterpillar  Sorry, I forgot to include the pictures last night when I posted this. I got the follow up call from the vet today regarding the bacteria that was found when swabbing Coco’s crop (part of a bird’s throat). She tested positive for the following bacteria: Pasteurella (Abundant growth according to test results) Corynebacterium (Moderate growth… Has anyone ever had the wonderful opportunity to have Banana Nut Bread Balls? No? Well let me tell you how to make them per my experience, or you can call this the recipe if you like. Have your significant other decide to make Banana Nut Bread the night before. Taste the delicious Banana Nut Bread…  Not sure why so many of the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds decided to stick their tongue out, but it makes for an interesting theme. Click on the pictures for a closer view. This guy was fluffing up his wings while sticking out his tongue. Same bird, different shot. This time this Hummingbird was wiggling his wings…  I didn’t particularly care for this shot, but Leecy liked how the wings were positioned. It’s the first “bird in flight” shot I’ve been able to take with this new camera. You may also notice that this Ruby Throated Hummingbird is also sticking out his tongue.  We see him at night, but we haven’t seen Michael J. Frog (American Bullfrog) during the day in a long time. I suspect we will start seeing less and less of him as the weather turns cooler. This is the first shot I’ve been able to take of him with the 7D. I definitely think…  This is a first, at least for me. Went out early this morning to photograph some Hummingbirds. I saw this one Hummingbird feeding at the nectar station, but he had 1 wing sticking out. When I took a step towards him he didn’t seem to be able to fly and went directly to the ground. …  Here’s your typical House Sparrow, but he’s feeding on a pretty large nut. I didn’t realize they could eat nuts this big  Didn’t even bother fixing this one because I thought it looked kinda cool. Just a typical Squirrel coming to feed off of the bird feeders. I’m impressed by the detail that the 7D was able to pick up  We probably have about 3-4 of these type birds that visit us on a daily basis. They typically grab a nut, then fly off. They do not like the other Birds around when they are feeding. Here’s another shot  Pulled out my one-man chair blind this morning to get some pictures of the Backyard Birds. Here’s a female Cardinal checking out the bird feeder.  Finally got a chance to take my new camera (Canon EOS 7D) for a spin. I think these turned out better than the ones I tried taking near dusk. Here’s a Ruby Throated Hummingbird watching a Bee. Took Coco to the vet today to see if there might be a reason she started the feather plucking. $819.00 dollars later it turns out that Coco has a bacterial infection in her croup (I think that’s how it’s spelled). Treatment is antibacterial medication for 10 days, twice per day. I won’t know until next…  Managed to get a few pictures before it got dark. I’m still not quite happy with how these are turning out but I’m sure it’s me and not the camera. I haven’t managed to figure out what type of focusing to use and it’s getting dark so fast I haven’t had time to experiment, especially… No camera talk, but it is something I wanted to ask others about. Coco, our African Grey has started picking her feathers the last 2-3 days. She’s doing this with such intensity that she’s actually making herself bleed a little bit. I know African Grey’s are notorious feather pickers, but Coco has never done this… |
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