Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Category Archives: Photography 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…  This was one of the nicest looking Gulf Fritillaries I have seen lately. He was sipping on some nectar until a female Fritillary came flying by then they both took off together straight up in the air. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to get a shot of that.  I really like the color of this plant. It’s called a Salvia Leucantha. Supposedly it produces lots of nectar and the Butterflies, Bees, and Hummingbirds all seem to like it. The picture below is of a Bumblebee.  I couldn’t resist creating some witty title for this picture. Like the recent Butterfly photos, this one is also from Sheldon Reservoir. I’ve never seen such HUGE Dragonflies. When I was preparing to take this photo it looked like the female Dragonfly was looking right at me (as if her head is turned to the…  I took a weekend trip to Sheldon Reservoir since it was fairly close to the house. That place is pretty rustic compared to the parks I have been to previously. I went there mainly to try my hand at shooting some birds, but ended up taking a few Butterfly photos as well. This first shot…  Active day today for Butterflies and Honeybees. They tend to fight on the Cigar Bush. We also had two Eastern Black Swallowtails hatch and one Polydamas. The Skippers were lively today as well. Last but not least, there were a couple of young Monarchs flying around. My best shot I’ve ever taken of the Fiery…  Let’s get ready to Ruuuuuumble! In one corner we have the common Wolf Spider. In the other corner we have a Carpenter Ant. Ding, ding! The Carpenter Ant wins! The Carpenter Ant devoured this poor Wolf Spider.  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  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…  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 |
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