Birds and Creatures of Flight

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Orange-Barred Sulphur Butterfly by Eyal Nahmias

An Orange-Barred Sulphur, Phoebis Philea, is sipping nectar from a flower Identification: Upperside of male bright yellow-orange; forewing has red-orange bar and hindwing has red-orange outer margin. The female, much larger than the male, has two forms, one off-white and the other yellow-orange. Both have upperside of forewing with solid black cell spot and a submarginal row of broken black smudges. Early Stages: Females lay eggs singly on leaves and flowers of host plants; caterpillars prefer to feed on the flowers. Caterpillar is yellow-green with black and yellow bands on the sides. It also has white-ringed reddish spots. Habitat: Open lowland sites such as forest edges, city gardens, parks, and road edges. Interesting Facts: Males of this species have a broad orange bar on the forewing, this gives rise to its common name. Range: Lowland tropical America, Brazil, Florida and the keys, rare but seen in Northeast states. Extremely vagrant in Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. Interesting Facts: Males of this species have a broad orange bar on the forewing, this gives rise to its common name. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR / / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
just before impact by Lenny La Rue, IPA

I took out the new Nikon D60 today to see what it can do. I had mixed results, as you can see here: the camera is very fast but unless it’s set for the highest and largest resolution, the pictures aren’t quite good enough for calling fine art. That said tho, it was too much fun catching all sorts of things my defective D80 could never catch, like a gull less than one inch above the water, going for a cracker the duck was never gonna reach in time. This shot was taken in a nearby neighbourhood park where the “duck pond” is a magnet for many of the parents who want to introduce their children to the great childhood ritual of “Feeding The Ducks”. Here, in Sacramento California, the weather is usually temperate enough for most of the waterfowl to just winter right here. So the individual animals soon get acclimated to children and dogs: avoid like the plague. LOL! The geese also stay here so they get used to being the biggest birds around – usually bigger than most of the kids feeding the ducks. And larger geese are not all that afraid of children, much to many parent’s surprise. LOL! The fun part for adults is that many of the geese are so used to people that they will allow you to touch them a bit without biting. A few years back, a homeless man had to be asked to return the happy goose he was carrying under his raincoat, probably for a seriously nice dinner that night!!! But the gulls are a ‘on again, off again’ distraction for the most part. They are mean, aggressive, fast, always hungry, and numerous. If they see a feeding in progress the odds are that feeding will change into a gull feeding unless you can hand (or mouth…) feed a smaller animal. This poor duck never had a chance to snag this Ritz Cracker. :-D
Holding On by George Swann

This poor Bee was so drowsy that he had to cling on to the stamen to save himself from falling out of the Hibiscus.!!
Tiny Flyer by ljtaft

On the way to the Mimosa, this elusive bird had me wait..and wait.. / Flew in my face a few times to check me out, then decided to let me / take this photo on his way to the feeder.
Transparent beauty by Mirka Rueda Rodriguez

Crazy as it is, there exist butterflies that have transparent wings. I have never seen one before, but they keep a few in the butterfly gardens in Knokke-Heist in Belgium. And there I´ve met my first one. / The butterfly is commonly called the Glasswing and its home is Central America. Photographed with Nikon D200, lens Tamron 90mm, f/2,8 Some suggestions: /
Birthday Bird by Ken Aitchison

Bird was standing at feeder which I replaced with a Birthday cake. Thanks for looking. Ken
Peeking Puffin by Julie Langford

The first close up glimpse of a puffin on Skomer Island. Wales Rich In Beauty group meet. 13th July 2008 What a fantstic day.
White-breasted Woodswallows ~ Out of Step by Robert Elliott

100% of proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of this item, will be donated to Bush Heritage Australia This photo of 3 White-breasted Woodswallows was taken in the Diamantina Lakes National Park, western Queensland, Australia The Natural World ~ Rob’s Photography
Egret's Sunrise by Marvin Collins

Silverbell Lake, Tucson AZ I think everyone can see that I added the bird and the reflection of the bird in the water. The reflection would not look like that really. I did not import the bird image, it is my own. So this is a composite image.
The Dreamer by udonchow

Oil Pastel and Acrylic (Original Sold) Concept: It has been slightly more than 365 days that I resigned from my previous job to pursue this. I drew this on that first year anniversary to remind myself of my dreams, to let them burn brightly always and keep them within sight. Out of sight = Out of mind :D / You can view my other “The Dreamer” creations in my Zazzle Gallery:

Recent Work

Flamboyant by Samantha Dean

Fractal filter and various brushes. /
A Bird in the Hand III by misskitteh

A chickadee gets ready for takeoff after careful selection of the perfect sunflower seed.
ewu pik by tuffcookie

as is
Leaving the Nest by kimbarose

Baby Cardinal preparing to leave the nest and spread it’s wings.
A Pristine "Pileated Woodpecker" by TrEaSuReDiMaGeS

I have lived here in Vero Beach,Florida for many years and I’ve only seen one of these since I’ve been here. And yet on Christmas morning while drinking my coffee on my back patio I saw three Pileated Woodpeckers . It was a great GIFT at Christmas. This is the one I was able to get a photograph of. This is another shot of the male. I’ve cropped my original photo. /
Then there were two by Mark Chapman

Swans in Shoreham Harbour in Sussex on a beautiful and bright January morning
Is my lunch in here! by Barry AC Goble

Scene at Bosham Harbour, West Sussex, feeding time for the birds on a crisp cold morning at low tide.
Broadbilled Hummingbird by Judy Grant

This hummingbird is so colorful . He would not perch in the perfect light for me so I do not believe this shows his true beauty . This was taken in Tucson AZ with a Nikon D90 and Nikon 105mm vr .
JUMP FOR JOY by Judy Grant

This little hummer is jumping for joy as he took off from his perch . He is a Broadtailed Hummingbird . This was taken in Tucson Az with a Nikon D 90 and a Nikon 105 MM VR .
Kissing Grace by eelsblueEllen

My mother and her hawk, Grace.
Red-tailed Hawk by eelsblueEllen

Grace, my mother’s hawk. She is a master falconer in NJ. As is.