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Whatever Weds. Black-chinned Hummingbird

August 16, 2023August 15, 2023Posted in Bird Photography, Hummingbirds, PhotographyTagged Backyard Birding, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Hummingbirds, Nature, Nevada, Nikon, Video, Whatever Wednesday32 Comments

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We’ve had two female, and one male Black-chinned Hummingbird regularly visiting my feeder. I like to think the females are mother and daughter, and the male is the father. However, all is not peaceful around the feeder oh no, they’re fighting for territorial rights! The two females have no problem drinking together, but the male has sharing issues.

When I first put the feeder up it was only the male coming by, but then a female found it, and now a second female started coming by about 2 weeks ago. I think I’ll need a second feeder soon. I’m refilling the feeder every 4-5 days.

Here’s a still one of the females on approach. She’s so tiny!

I love seeing them coming by on and off all day.

We have had #1 Grandson for an extra week which has been wonderful, but, it’s about to come to an end… really he’s going home this week-end. School starts up soon for him.

I hope your week is going well, and your week-end is wonderful.

Nikon D810| Nikkor 500mm PF-e| PS CC 24.6.0

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Whatever Weds. Tiger Swallowtails

August 9, 2023August 9, 2023Posted in Butterflies, Nature Photography, Photography, Whatever WednesdayTagged Butterflies, Nevada, Nikon, Western Tiger Swallowtail48 Comments

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Nikon D810| Nikkor 500mm Pf-E| PS CC 24.6.0

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Whatever Weds. Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.~ Marcus Aurelius

July 26, 2023July 18, 2023Posted in Astro-Imaging, Milky Way, PhotographyTagged After Dark, Clouds, Galactic Center, Light Pollution, Low Light Photography, Marcus Aurelius Quotes; Nevada, Milky Way, Night sky, Nikon, Rocks, Sagebrush, Stars39 Comments

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Nikon D810|Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G| PS CC 24.5.0

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Whatever Weds. Winter Sunrises

June 28, 2023June 27, 2023Posted in Nevada, Photography, Sunrise, Whatever WednesdayTagged Alpine Glow, Carson Range, Clouds, Cottonwoods, Nikon, Pinenut Mountains, Pink, Sagebrush, Sierras, Snow, Sunrise47 Comments

This past winter we had so many storms which really lent themselves to some pretty sunrises.

Here are just three.

Nikon D810| Nikkor 105mm & 80-100mm | PS CC 24.5.0

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Whatever Weds. June Moons

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023Posted in Moon, Moonrise, Whatever WednesdayTagged Full moon, Motor-glider, Nevada, Nikon, Pinenut Mountains, Strawberry Moon, Whatever Wednesday45 Comments

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We’ve been having thunderstorms with lightening almost every day lately so I wasn’t sure I’d be able to see or photograph this month’s full Moon. The day before the full Moon we had storm clouds rolling in all afternoon, but then it cleared up about an hour before Moonrise so, I thought I’d photograph it in case the following night was too overcast to photograph it.

While waiting for the moon to rise enough to get past the mountains I saw a couple of people in Motorized-gliders flying around the mountain where the moon would rise. I hoped they were going to stay long enough for the moon to rise, and fingers crossed one or both would do a moon fly-by. One did!!

It looks like a big bug doesn’t it? The sun was still up so the moon is really faded/washed out.

The following night there were enough breaks in the clouds that I was able to photograph the Full Moon. This is a two frame composite image.

One frame exposed for the sky and foreground and the other exposed for the Moon. I blended the frames in Photoshop.

June’s full moon gets one of its names from the wild strawberries that begin to ripen during the early summer and be gathered by Native American tribes.

Other names for June’s Full Moon are:

Rose Moon, Hot Moon, and Mead Moon.

Yesterday the wind really picked up tossing two patio chairs across the patio, one cushion was blow across the entire patio, and a planter tipped over. The Zephyr wind wins again!😂 We also had some thunder and a little lightening, but both were several miles away.

Saturday #1 Grandson is coming to visit for a week or two for summer. We have plans to hit the grocery store and library straight-away. We hope the weather improves so we can go to the lake and take him paddling.

That’s all from here. I hope you’re having a good week!

Nikon D810| Nikkor 300mmf/4| PS CC 24.5.0

Friday’s Feathered Friends- April Sightings

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023Posted in Birding in Nevada, Birds in the Wild, Friday's Feathered Friends, PhotographyTagged Birds in the Wild, Downy Woodpecker, Eagle, Fuji, Golden Eagle, Nevada Birding, Nikon, Phainopepla, Pinyon Jay, Raptors, San Clemente Birds49 Comments

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I haven’t shared any of the birds I’ve been seeing lately so thought I’d share some of the birds I’ve seen in the last month or so .

The Yellow-headed, and Red-winged Blackbirds are back, and I’ve seen several Robins, and some water birds, but I’ll share those soon.

The weather has warmed up so we’re turning the sprinklers back on, and breaking out the outdoor cushions this week-end, and setting up my new birdbath!

I hope you all have a lovely week-end!

Fuji X-T3| Fujinon 100-400mm| Nikon D810| Nikkor 120mm| PS CC 24.4.1

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Whatever Weds. Super-bloom: Purple

April 26, 2023Posted in California Wildflowers, Macro Photography, National Monuments, Photography, Whatever WednesdayTagged Carrizo Plain National Monument, Great Valley Phacelia, Nikon, Photography, Purple, Spring, Tremblor Range, Whatever Wednesday, Wildflowers, Yellow31 Comments

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Here and there throughout the Carrizo Plain were patches of purple flowers. The most prominent was the Great Valley Phacelia.

This particular genus is only found in California and Baja California. Per Plants.usda.gov site they can be found:

Phacelia ciliata is found only in California and Baja California in Mexico. Within California distribution includes the Northern
Coastal Ranges, the Sacramento Valley including Sutter Buttes, the San Joaquin Valley, the San Francisco Bay, the Southern
Coast Ranges and South West California, but excluding the Channel Islands. For current distribution, please consult the Plant
Profile page for this species on the PLANTS Web site.
Habitat: Great Valley phacelia is found associated with Coastal Sage Scrub, Northern Oak Woodland, Foothill Woodland
and Valley Grassland.
Adaptation
Great Valley phacelia is drought tolerant and grows well in areas given 7 to 18 inches of annual precipitation. It grows on a
range of soil types from clays to sandy loams to gravelly slopes and tolerates moderate salinity. It is found at elevations from
seal level up to 5,000 feet (Calflora, 1997; Walden et al. 2013).

They’re considered one of the “blue” flowers and they’re a pollinator.

*Wide view of Great Valley Phacelia and Orange Fiddlenecks*

I got a wee bit behind with posts due to a trip down to SoCal to visit Big Baby Boy, and the Dark Haired Beauty. We crammed a lot into a few days, but I’m home now and catching up.

I’ll be sharing more from our wildflower Super-bloom trip in the future.

Nikon Df w| Nikkor 105mm and 35mm lenses| PS CC 24.4.1

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