Just a couple pieces of interesting news that I don’t think I have posted before. Did you know Butterflies live on the Space Station? Well they don’t yet, but they will (hopefully). On the Shuttle that launched on Monday, November 16, 2009, they took two types of Butterfly Caterpillars to be dropped off at the…
Butterfly And Wildlife Gardening And Photography
Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Monthly Archives: November 2009 In addition to the Roseate Spoonbill and Killdeer birds, there was also this Juvenile Black Bellied Whistling Duck. It was the only Duck that I saw and this one looked rather lonely.  I found a new place today to find some very interesting birds. It’s called Willow Waterhole and it is a storm water detention basin designed to reduce flood damage but also serves as a nature preserve. It’s in Southwest Houston and it is tough to find the exact location. The Houston Chronicle (local newspaper) recently… You walk out to your car after a long day at work and notice something seems a little odd about your drivers side bumper, panel, and headlight. Then for a brief second you think it’s just a trick of the evening sun. Well, it was no trick. Someone smashed into my front bumper in the…  I continue to be amazed at how much more detail my Canon 7D can pick up compared to my older Canon 40D. I have two pictures to share that illustrate this. In the first, this is a newborn Monarch on the Gardenia Bush warming up in the sun. I took this picture with my Macro…  Since they Cassia tree is really starting to bloom with bright yellow flowers, it seems to be attracting more of the Cloudless Sulphurs. I have always struggled to get a decent picture of these Butterflies as their light color combined with their erratic flight makes it challenging. Another thing I noticed, at least today, is…  Yesterday I decided to pull out my One Man Chair Blind and see if I could get any new bird pictures. It was towards the evening so the light wasn’t the best, but I did manage to capture this Eurasian Collared Dove. I never noticed just how red their eyes are. Since this is a… WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT I really feel dumb. Every post I did on the Sulphur Butterflies we have in our backyard I have called them “Clouded” Sulphurs, not “Cloudless” Sulphurs. In the future, if anyone notices I post something that isn’t true or I’m being a knucklehead, please correct me. I…  It’s a shame that the Long Tailed Skipper is considered a pest. Sure, it has done a pretty good job of eating the beans in our garden, but until this picture I never realized what beautiful colors they have. This picture is straight out of the camera, only cropped and sharpened.  This post should illustrate that you just never know what you might find if you look close enough. So I’m out in the backyard today, taking some pictures of Butterflies, when I notice this Honeybee that looks like its head is stuck in between the leaves of this plant. My first thought (seriously) was how…  Okay, I’m a knucklehead. I’ve been saying Clouded Sulphur when I should have been saying Cloudless Sulphur. No wonder I couldn’t find anything when I searched Google. I’ll fix all my posts. Sorry if I mislead anyone. A few days ago I wrote a post about this yellow Caterpillar that I had seen on our…  While I was out hunting for Butterfly Caterpillars I came across this thing. It was on our Cassia tree. This is the plant that the Sulphur Butterflies host on. Normally we just have Cloudless Sulphur Butterflies laying eggs on this plant, and rarely do the Caterpillars make it to the Chrysalis stage because this plant…  While taking pictures of a few Monarchs, Leecy spotted this Lizard peeking through some leaves. |
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