I have a confession. I think some of my photographs are good, not great, but not bad either. I’m sure from a technical standpoint (color, composition, etc) very few of them are really fantastic. Further, to be honest, I think my camera and lenses do most of the work in making my pictures look decent,…
Butterfly And Wildlife Gardening And Photography
Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Author Archives: texdrWe’ve had 3 Eastern Black Swallowtails hatch this weekend! These are really beautiful Butterflies. Here’s what’s interesting. The three Butterflies that have hatched have all been the “green” Chrysalis type, not the “brown” Chrysalis type. I can’t recall if I mentioned it before, but there’s some mystery or disagreement about why Eastern Black Swallowtails have…  If you’ve been reading, you know I have lots of books on Butterflies but sometimes books don’t provide all the answers. Look at the next three pictures and see if you can identify what type of Butterfly these might be as I have no idea. First up, some type of Butterfly on our Fennel. Here’s… I haven’t seen too many Painted Lady Butterflies in our backyard, but that is starting to change. The last two days there have been American Painted Lady Butterflies landing on our Coneflowers. This particular Butterfly is an American Painted Lady Butterfly. They are NOT easy to photograph. Compared to the casual flying Monarch, these suckers… Our animals endure a lot in our home. The dogs have to deal with the cats, the bird has to deal with the dogs, and one (of two) of the cats has to endure being tormented by newly hatched Butterflies. This is Chloe, our mixed breed cat. Someone (I won’t name names) likes to torment… Took Coco to the vet on Friday and had a nice $701.00 vet bill. That’s the bad news. The good news is that her x-rays looked really good and internally she looks the best she ever has (since beginning treatment anyway). Should find out her blood work turned out in about a week and if… Something a little different. Here is Coco, our African Grey Parrot. We have been treating her for aspergillosis during the past 9 months. For those that don’t know the story, shortly after Hurricane Ike came roaring through I noticed that Coco was acting pretty lethargic and she was hardly talking at all (this for a… Due to popular requests, here is a picture of my “weapon of mass destruction” that I use to squash the bugs that I don’t particularly care for. This weekend I tried to do something a little different with my camera. I pulled out my Canon Macro Lens (EF 100mm f/2.8). I haven’t used this lens in quite a while so I had forgotten that it definitely takes a tripod to be able to get clear photographs with this lens. I spent alot… I’m apparently on a roll with critters that are considered pests in the garden or at leasts things I don’t particularly care for when it comes to gardening. I’ve got two more examples. First is a very small grasshopper that was on my Cassia tree which is one of the host plants for the Sulphur…  Remember that picture of the young Mockingbird doing the crane (see earlier posts)? Well here’s some kind of Black Bird doing the same thing. Just like the Assassin bug, I don’t care much for these guys either. Why? For whatever reason, these particular kind of Black Birds (I don’t know what the official name of…  And every other part of your body is the mantra of this bug. Depending on what resource you read, these are either good bugs or bad bugs. Personally, I view them as both, but if I see them on my Butterfly plants they get squashed. This is an Assassin bug. From what I understand they… I guess I haven’t really paid that much attention to Dragonflies in the past. I know they eat bugs, and I know Martins love eating them, but other than that, I can’t say I know a whole bunch. I especially never really paid attention to how big their eyes are in relation to the rest… Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you once I have an interest in something I immerse myself in the subject, and that includes Butterfly Gardening. That being said, I thought I might actually post something useful for current and future Butterfly Gardeners. Books – The following books I currently own and are… This is Maggie our Golden Retriever. Over the years she’s had to put up with quite a bit from Halloween Costumes, Christmas card photos, enduring Coco our African Grey Parrot, and then Sascha, our big bully of a German Shepherd. This photo might represent a new low for what Maggie has had to endure. It… |
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