PHOTOGRAPHY BY DEB HIRT

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Photos From the Latter Half of June 2013

Male Baltimore Oriole

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Male Red-winged Blackbird in Flight

American Robin in Flight

Canada Goose "teen"

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Flight

Male Red-winged Blackbird

Brown Thrasher

Common Buckeye

Great Blue Heron in Flight

Nestling Baltimore Oriole

Female Baltimore Oriole with Nestling

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Box Turtle

Purple Martins in Flight

Nestling Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Carolina Chickadee

Hackberry Emperor

Ditto

Nestling Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Trio

Brown Thrasher

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Pair

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Fledgling

Immature House Finch

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Fledgling

Ditto

Two Nestlings

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Nestling

Eastern Kingbird

Ditto

Immature European Starling

Newly Hatched Scissor-tailed Flycatchers

Downy Woodpecker

Ditto

Bell's Vireo with Food for Young

Ditto

Newly Fledged Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

June was a very busy month for youngsters, and there are still more that I have yet to show. It will easily captivate you, so do keep me in mind for additional pictures of fledglings. They have since moved on, but while they were here, it was both an educational and joyous season.

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Wild Sunflower

Great Blue Heron

Female House Finch with Dinner

Female Mallard

Mallard Clan

96 degrees/partly cloudy/15 mph wind/evening

Luckily, it had cooled down from 106 degrees before I went out. It was quiet at the lake due to the extreme heat of the day. There were a couple of Northern Cardinals, but I was unable to get them to come out of the deep shade where they were. There were no sign of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers or the Great-tailed Grackles. There was a scant Red-winged Blackbird, but even during the feeding hours, birds were staying cool and out of sight.

Friday, August 2, 2013

Unknown plant

Live Cicada

Viceroy

Cattle Egret

Two out of Eight Cattle Egrets with Canada Goose

Wild Honeysuckle

Gulf Fritillary

Next Door "Neigh"bor, Beebee

Ditto

Ditto

Early Morning/Very Overcast/82 degrees/No Wind

I have NEVER seen eight Cattle Egrets before, but I was unable to get a good shot of them all together. I selected a couple which were "okay," but that's about as far as that goes. A few butterflies were out, so I got a couple of them, and even tried for more, but unfortunately, was unsuccessful. My "neigh"bor has been wearing his beautiful summer duds, and he is a handsome chap, wouldn't you say? He loves carrots and apples, and enjoys good company. He has his own cat, who is a bit on the skittish side, but I have only seen him/her a couple of times. I'm sure that I'll win him over eventually. I partook a few ripe blackberries, but the peaches still aren't ripe enough. I'll be watching, though.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Silvery Checkerspot

Mallard Hen

Evening/partly cloudy/92 degrees/15 mph wind

It seems to me that we are losing birds, so perhaps we have begun migration, but I could be wrong. However, stranger things have happened with this odd climate shift that we have been having the world over. All we can do is watch and wait, since it is barely August. However, the good thing is, I finally have a butterfly book to identify these flying flowers.