Halloween Pennant

Halloween Pennant

I don't photograph a lot of insects, but do enjoy photographing butterflies, ants and bees as well as a few others from time to time.

While driving along a back road in Florida, I spotted a weird butterfly and when it landed atop a dead reed of grass, I looked at it through my 70-300 mm lens. I could see that it was a dragonfly and it posed there for quite some time. I made several images of it, then noticed many more, and made lots more photos of this specie of dragonfly - the Halloween Pennant!

I know many people do not like insects, however, dragonflies are very useful because they kill other insects. Normally it is difficult to photograph dragonflies, but these just hung onto a tall reed of dead grass which made it easy.

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Butterflies

Butterflies

There are many great southern white butterflies in southwest Florida. Today's photos show a few of these butterflies feeding on a variety of plants and flowers.

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Baby Birds

Baby Birds

I was taking a lemon off a friend's tree in Bonita Springs, Florida when a bird flew quickly out of a nest. I assumed the blackbird, possibly a boat-tailed grackle, was sitting on eggs until I disturbed it. A week or so later I had a look and could see 2 little chicks in the nest. Every time I moved a branch or whistled, the little heads would pop up with mouths wide open. I took quite a few photos and chose 10 to share.

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White-Eyed Vireo 3

White-Eyed Vireo 3

Today I am sharing the last sequence of photos showing a white-eyed vireo building its nest. I left the same explanation below to let you know where the photos were taken and how I got the photos.

While travelling in Southwest Florida. I decided to hike the 2.5 mile boardwalk trail through the Autubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. I’d heard it was an interesting walk with the possibility of seeing several species of birds.

I was happy that someone pointed out a black-eyed vireo building a small nest. By the time I could see it, the tiny bird had flown away. I assumed that if it were building a nest, it will probably be back and, five minutes later it came back with a piece of plant material. It poked around quite a bit, then even snuggled into the nest, seemingly to make sure it was comfortable. Satisfied with the work, the bird flew off again. I photographed it returning to the nest four times. It was the first time I had seen this bird and was lucky to be able to photograph it.

Here is the site that helped my identify this specie - http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-eyed_Vireo/id

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White-Eyed Vireo 2

White-Eyed Vireo

 

More photos of the white-eyed vireo building its nest.

 

While travelling in Southwest Florida. I decided to hike the 2.5 mile boardwalk trail through the Autubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.  I’d heard it was an interesting walk with the possibility of seeing several species of birds.

 

I was happy that someone pointed out a black-eyed vireo building a small nest. By the time I could see it, the tiny bird had flown away.  I assumed that if it were building a nest, it will probably be back and, five minutes later it came back with a piece of plant material.  It poked around quite a bit, then even snuggled into the nest, seemingly to make sure it was comfortable.  Satisfied with the work, the bird flew off again.  I photographed it returning to the nest four times.  It was the first time I had seen this bird and was lucky to be able to photograph it.

 

Here is the site that helped my identify this specie - http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-eyed_Vireo/id

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White-Eyed Vireo

White-Eyed Vireo

While travelling in Southwest Florida. I decided to hike the 2.5 mile boardwalk trail through the Autubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.  I’d heard it was an interesting walk with the possibility of seeing several species of birds.

I was happy that someone pointed out a black-eyed vireo building a small nest. By the time I could see it, the tiny bird had flown away.  I assumed that if it were building a nest, it will probably be back and, five minutes later it came back with a piece of plant material.  It poked around quite a bit, then even snuggled into the nest, seemingly to make sure it was comfortable.  Satisfied with the work, the bird flew off again.  I photographed it returning to the nest four times.  It was the first time I had seen this bird and was lucky to be able to photograph it.

Here is the site that helped my identify this specie - http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-eyed_Vireo/id

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