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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. This and That June 2023

June 21, 2023Posted in Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Insects, Nikon, Photography, Reptiles, Whatever WednesdayTagged Bee Wasp, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Black-Headed Blackbird, Blue Belly Lizard, Cliff Swallow, European Starling, Nature, Nikkor 500mm Pf-E, Nikon D810, Western Fence Lizard, Whatever Wednesday39 Comments

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Here are several images of things that have caught my eye since my last post. Oh, and I bought a new lens so, I’ve been using it exclusively to make sure it’s a good copy. The last time I took my 300mm lens out it was hunting an awful lot…like it was doing many years ago when the Auto-Focus motor was going out which did quit working soon after. I had it repaired/replaced then, but the lens is so old now it’s not worth repairing so it has become a bookend and, I upgraded to a newer, longer lens.

*Western Fence Lizard aka Blue Belly Lizard*

*Black-chinned Hummingbird-First sighting of the year!*

So, what do you think…the lens looks like a keeper? I love that it doesn’t weight a ton. It’s a little lighter than the 300mm it’s replaced!

#1 Grandson is here. He’s been here just over a week. We’ve been to the lake several times do some kayaking. We’re not sure how much longer he’s staying. He says another week. We’ll see. I think he’ll be missing his mom and littlest too much before then, but he can stay as long as he likes. 😍

I hope your week is going well, and your slide into the week-end is smooth and easy.

Nikon D810| Nikkor 500mm Pf-E| 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

Whatever Weds. Don’t worry…

May 3, 2023Posted in Lizards, Nature Photography, Photography, Reptiles, Whatever WednesdayTagged From my Patio, Nature, Nevada, Retiles, Western Fence Lizard, Whatever Wednesday39 Comments

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It looks worse than it is. It’ll grow back!

After I set up my new birdbath 3 lizards came to check it out straight-away…this was one of them and the bravest of the 3.

Fuji X-T3| Fujinon 100-400mm| 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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Whatever Weds. Super-bloom 23-Yellows

April 19, 2023April 17, 2023Posted in California Wildflowers, National Monuments, Photography, Whatever WednesdayTagged California, Fiddlenecks, Nikon, Orange Fiddlenecks, Superbloom 2023, Whatever Wednesday, Wildflowers42 Comments

On Easter He-Man and I met our friend Gordon of https://undiscoverdimagesamongstus2.wordpress.com/

down in SoCal at the Carrizo Plain National Monument to photograph

the wildflowers in bloom…or Super-bloom 2023.

The Carrizo Plain has a lot of yellow flowers. Today we’ll focus on the Orange Fiddlenecks with an honorable mention of a few other yellow wildflowers.

*Wide View of the Plain and mountains. Soda Lake.*

Orange Fiddlenecks, Hillside Daisies, and Goldfields cover the distant mountains and the plain, and in the above image you can see front right a few Tidy Tips too.

It was so beautiful and not too crowded being a holiday.

Next time I’ll share other views, and flowers that I saw while here.

Nikon D810 & Nikon Df w/ Nikkor 105mm macro lens & Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G| PS CC 24.3.0

more to come…

Whatever Weds. This and That April 2023

April 12, 2023April 11, 2023Posted in Horses, Nature, Nevada Wild Mustangs, PhotographyTagged Big Horn Sheep, Nevada State Railroad Museum, Sagebrush, This and That, Virginia Range, Whatever Wednesday, Wild Mustangs42 Comments

Here are a few images of some critters I’ve seen this month while out birding.

Big Horn Sheep- Males: These guys were such a great treat to see! I also saw Ewes with lambs up higher in the hills, and further west, but the images aren’t good as they were too far out of my lenses range.

Wild Mustang-Stallion

Wild Mustang- Mare

I have birds and wildflowers too that I’ll be sharing soon.

Fuji X-T3| Fujinon 100-400mm| PS CC 24.3.0

more to come…

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