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Something for Saturday-Just dropping in…

July 20, 2024July 19, 2024Posted in Butterflies, Nature Photography, Photography, Western Tiger SwallowtailTagged Cotton-tail Bunny, Insects, Morning Sun, Nature, Nikon, Photography, Rabbits, Something for Saturday, Western Tiger Swallowtail41 Comments

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…with a hop,

…and a flutter,

to say have a great week-end everyone!

Nikon D850| Nikkor 500mm| PS CC

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Whatever Weds. Wildflowers + 1

June 19, 2024June 18, 2024Posted in Close Up Photograhy', Whatever Wednesday, WildflowersTagged Eastern Sierras, False Lily of the Valley, High Desert, Nikon, Photography, Red Columbine, Richardson's Geranium, Wildflowers47 Comments

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Spring was bloom in the high desert and I saw some lovely wildflowers while I was camping and out birding. Here are three.

Red Columbine

False Lily of the Valley

Richardson’s Geranium

+1 I think this is a Great Spangled Fritillary. Please let me know if I’m wrong!

I hope your week is going well, and you aren’t being overheated with really warm temperatures this week. By the week-end our temperature which has been on the cooler side for days are going to start climbing again and by Friday we’re supposed to be hitting the 90’s F.

I hope to be out on the lake having a paddle with He-Man this morning…fingers crossed the wind isn’t blowing! If I’m late getting to your blogs and comments this morning you know why. 😊🛶

Nikon D850| Nikkor 500mm PF-E

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Whatever Weds. Watercolor Painting

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024Posted in Photography, Watercolor, Watercolor Painting, Whatever WednesdayTagged DaVinci, Hobbies, iPhone14Pro, Learning to paint, MGraham, Photography, Trees and Woodlands Ready to Paint, Watercolor Painting, Whatever Wednesday64 Comments

I’ve mentioned a couple of times that I’m working my way through a watercolor book called Ready to Paint- Trees and Woodlands. They say you can do these exercises and little paintings in 30 minutes, but it takes me hours.

This is Nº7 called Farmhouse. The lesson was working on a variegated wash of colors, and painting around a negative space. That means painting in the wash of sky, and the background behind the farmhouse and barn first then paint the farmhouse and barn.

*Farmhouse in Watercolor Nº7 Trees and Woodlands-Ready to Paint*

It took me about 1.5 hours to paint this. Pretty quick for me. I painted the sky and background then let it dry overnight before tackling the trees and buildings. I find myself letting things dry, then ruminating about the next step before actually taking the next step. Fear of making a mistake? Oh yes!

Anyway, it didn’t come out too bad just a little wonky. I see things I would change the next time I try something like this. On the whole I think the wash came out okay, and I used the negative space like I was supposed to. The rock wall was supposed to be a hedge but, I added my own spin on it, I wanted a wall instead. On y va!

I’ve been birding a lot so, I’ll have bird images to share soon.

I hope you’re all having a good week.

140lb 100% cotton paper| M.Graham and Da Vinci Watercolors| iPhone 14Pro

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Something for Sat. Ruby Crowned-Kinglet

January 20, 2024January 24, 2024Posted in Birding in Nevada, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, PhotographyTagged Nevada, Nikon, Photography, pine tree, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Washoe County45 Comments

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I don’t want the week to go by without a post so here we have me posting on a rare Saturday.

This little Kinglet is so cute, but very flitty normally but, on this day earlier this month I was able to get quite a few good looks at this one.

They’re a small bird being only 3.5-4.3 inches in length, and weigh 0.2-0.3 ounces.

They get their name from a Ruby spot on their crown.

I have yet to see it flared, but here’s a look at the top of its head showing the Ruby spot.

This one is busy being an acrobat which afforded me a good look at its Ruby Spot which was a treat. Just look at how light they are it’s holding onto those pine needles and they aren’t bending!

Fun Facts:

The Ruby-crowned Kinglet is a tiny bird that lays a very large clutch of eggs—there can be up to 12 in a single nest. Although the eggs themselves weigh only about a fiftieth of an ounce, an entire clutch can weigh as much as the female herself.
Ruby-crowned Kinglets seem nervous as they flit through the foliage, flicking their wings nearly constantly. Keeping an eye out for this habit can be a useful aid to identifying kinglets.
Metabolic studies on Ruby-crowned Kinglets suggest that these tiny birds use only about 10 calories (technically, kilocalories) per day.
The oldest known Ruby-crowned Kinglet was a female, and at least 8 years, 8 months old, when she was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Texas in 2017. She was banded in the same state in 2008.

Fun facts gleaned from allaboutbirds.orghttps://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-crowned_Kinglet/overview

I hope you all have a great week-end!

Nikon D810| Nikkor 500mm PF-e| PS CC 25.3.1

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Whatever Weds. Just Chillin’ on the Farm

December 27, 2023Posted in Nevada, PhotographyTagged Cottonwoods, Cows, Farm, Foggy Morning, Nikon, Photography, Ranch, Rural America44 Comments

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Nikon D810| Nikkor 24-120mm| PS CC 25.3.1

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Merry Christmas!

December 22, 2023December 21, 2023Posted in Landscape Photography, Nevada, PhotographyTagged Carson River, Cottonwood Trees, Douglas Co, Fog, Morning, Nikon, No White Christmas this Year, Photography, Willows68 Comments

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*Carson River on a Foggy Morning* *12.21.2023*

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!

Nikon D810| Nikkor 24-120mm| PS CC 25.2.0

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Whatever Weds. Yellowlegs

December 20, 2023December 19, 2023Posted in Birding in Nevada, Nature, NikonTagged Birding, Nevada, Nikon, Photography, Shorebirds, Washoe County, Yellowlegs46 Comments

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I saw this one foraging in a shallow pond earlier in the month. I think it’s a Lesser Yellowlegs, but if I’m wrong let me know! It’s so hard to tell it apart from the Greater Yellowlegs. I’m going on the bill not being too much longer than its head.

I don’t see this type of bird too often so it’s pretty neat when I do. It’s either passing through or hanging out for winter migration.

Fun Facts:

- Despite their very similar appearance, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs are not each other’s closest relatives. Lesser Yellowlegs is more closely related to the much larger Willet.
- Lesser Yellowlegs are known for their steadfast defense of their eggs and chicks. Biologist William Rowan once noted, “they will be perched there as though the safety of the entire universe depended on the amount of noise they made.”
- Both the male and female Lesser Yellowlegs provide parental care to the young, but the female tends to leave the breeding area before the chicks can fly, thus leaving the male to defend the young until fledging.
- The Lesser Yellowlegs saw significant declines due to market hunting for the fashion trade. The species’ tendency to return and hover above wounded flock mates made them easy targets. Populations rebounded when market hunting was banned in the U.S and Canada in the early 20th century.
- The oldest recorded Lesser Yellowlegs was at least 4 years, 11 months old when it was found in South Dakota in 1965. It had been banded in the Lesser Antilles in 1960.

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