Hopefully some folks will find this post useful in their Butterfly Gardening. Below is a video that I recorded today of Leecy gluing some Monarch Chrysalises to a piece of cardboard. We tend to do this during Winter months when we still have Caterpillars and Chrysalises and want to protect them from inclement weather (rainy,…
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Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Category Archives: Blog Videos Wouldn’t you know it? We get a nice cold front blowing through yesterday, and today (while I’m at work) Leecy witnesses one of the largest group of Migrating Monarchs we have seen in our backyard. Leecy took both the picture and video with her camera, so I’ll let her do the narration. Hi! Well, yes…  I woke up a little early this morning so I could water the Bamboo. It was also the same time that the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds decided it was time to feed. This is the second male I have seen. He’s obviously competing with the Honeybees I also took a brief video, and I got really…  I bought Leecy a new camera for her trip to the Galapagos next year. It’s a Canon PowerShot D10. It’s “supposed” to be able to take pictures and videos underwater, so we decided to see if it really works. First a few distance shots. Here’s Sascha the German Shepherd trying out her new Ruffwear Doggie…  Update: As of Saturday at 9:00 am, Lil Buddy is not in his nest. Hopefully the process that I did below helped him to fledge. I guess today is day 2 of my attempt to rescue/rehab this baby Purple Martin. I’m calling him “Lil Buddy.” I’ll share with you the full story and intersperse it… We had a terrible day in our Purple Martin Colony today. I’ll describe what happened, and if anyone has any ideas as to the cause, please leave a comment or send me an email. In our Colony, we had one nest with 4 babies, and one nest with a near fledgling (with the bird we… I was going to post some new videos of Melvin today, but now I have a more pressing concern. Mama bird did not return to the nest tonight (it’s 9:43 pm and totally dark outside). What should I do? It’s only supposed to get down to 79 degrees tonight, so I’m guessing it will be…  Today is Melvin’s 6th day. His (I say he, but it could be a she) eyes are just beginning to open. As I’ve mentioned in the my last few posts about Melvin, his father is taking a very active role in his feeding. Here’s Papa Cardinal bringing in some food for Melvin. It looks like… Melvin the baby Cardinal is growing fast, and it’s only day 5. He’s got some nice wing feathers coming in, and it looks like his eyes may be starting to open. Today I was lucky enough to record a brief video where Melvin’s dad, Papa, dropped off a quick meal, and Melvin showed his appreciation…  It’s day 4 and “Melvin” the baby Cardinal has really grown by leaps and bounds. He’s got some very small wing tip feathers now. Also for the first time, the father of “Melvin” dropped by to contribute to his feeding. I’m not sure what the heck he brought, but whatever it was it was huge. … I have a really neat video to share for those that are interested. I combined several video clips to make one movie. In this movie, you can see the baby bird “Melvin” as Leecy calls him make his first attempts to move around the nest. He then hears his mother’s tweets for the first time. …  It’s been a while since I’ve woken up early in the morning to take pictures. Even at 7 am (I’m complaining about the lack of rain and heat again) it’s hot and humid. While I was outside and drinking my Latte, I took some pictures and videos of the Purple Martins. The overriding theme for…  Can you tell how I’m feeling today based on my posts? Yep, I’m in the mood to really complain about the lack of rain and this baking heat. It’s becoming a struggle to keep the plants adequately watered, the pond filled with water, the pool, etc. Even the birds are getting really hot today and… I found our first Cardinal nest the other day and it has 2 eggs (the second egg came about a day after the first). The eggs are about 3-4 days old. I got lucky this year (or the Cardinal felt sorry for me) in that the nest is in our Gardenia shrub, which means I…  First we had the pictures of the Green Anoles mating, and now we have a massive fight between two of the males. They were literally fighting for over 2 hours. I don’t know if they fight until the death, but these two were definitely at war. One of the Anoles was a bit smaller, but… |
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