Tag Archives: postaday

Let’s throw another curve

Posted on 2013/06/20 by birds n' bugs

I had a chance to walk to the park today. A little later than usual. Not much activity but I found another nice curve picture in the Sea Oats. I had been looking out over the harbor and when I … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves

Posted on 2013/06/19 by birds n' bugs

This is hardly a challenge. I am a nature photographer and curves are the natural state of almost every form from a damselfly’s wing to a tree arching over a slow moving stream. Here you are, have a dozen

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Weekly Photo Challenge: The sign says …

Posted on 2013/06/06 by birds n' bugs

The sign basically says NO FISHING but plenty of folks down at the park seem to completely ignore the admonition.

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Snags are home too.

Posted on 2013/02/14 by birds n' bugs

A snag is a dead tree that is still standing or has recently fallen. They may be dead as trees but can support an abundance of life. Plenty of insects to feed the hungry birds but they are also nesting … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Green II

Posted on 2012/11/22 by birds n' bugs

One of my favorite greens in nature is the Green Heron- Butorides virescens.  It is a small heron which makes its way around the marshes.  I sometimes see them on my dock but they are most at home in the … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Green

Posted on 2012/11/21 by birds n' bugs

Green is pretty easy to find in nature.  Well, here on earth anyway.  Mars is another story.  This first image is a Green Metallic Bee.  It really does look like a piece of shiny green metal as it flies around. … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry

Posted on 2012/11/02 by birds n' bugs

This weeks topic is Geometry and I offer a group of Lacewing eggs which are laid in a spiral.  This is a fairly typical pattern for this insect.  The egg is actually laid with a stalk supporting it above the … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign

Posted on 2012/10/29 by birds n' bugs

Foreign is difficult since it only means outside your normal place or experience.  Of course, what is foreign to us is familiar to the locals.  For example, here in Florida we don’t find many reed thatched houses like these in … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouettes

Posted on 2012/10/24 by birds n' bugs

This silhouette is a cormorant taking off in the reflection of some condos in Punta Gorda Florida.  It was sunrise and the condos were brightly illuminated.  Their reflection was golden on the ripples of the dead lakes.  As I walked … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Growth

Posted on 2012/08/03 by birds n' bugs

Two stages of a Fragrant Water Lily. In the first, the bud has just emerged from the water and beginning to open. In the second, it is fully open.

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