A Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) seen at the bird blind in Pedernales Falls State Park near Dripping Springs, Texas, on December 16th, 2020.
I spent some time yesterday evening out at Pedernales Falls State Park. The main aim was to do some astrophotography with Jason Flenniken but I took advantage...
Continuing our theme of small, brown birds, here’s a male House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) seen from the bird blind at Charro Ranch Park, Dripping...
One of the large number of “small brown birds” taking advantage of the feeders at Charro Ranch Park in Dripping Springs, Texas, last weekend....
I spent some time on Saturday morning at the bird blind in Charro Ranch Park, Dripping Springs, getting some practice handling really long lenses. There...
This grasshopper, sitting on one of the lantana bushes in our front yard, kindly modeled for me as I tested out the Olympus 100-400mm lens last weekend....
I posted the original version of this image a month ago but here’s a better update to try and make me feel better after not taking the opportunity...
A male Ladder-Backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) seen at Pedernales Falls State Park near Johnson City, Texas.
A Western Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera), heavily laden with pollen, on an Indian Blanket flower at Sally Bee’s Honey Company, Dripping Springs, Texas...
There’s certainly plenty of colour over in the flower field at Nutty Brown Farm this season. Here’s one of Kim’s blooms and a visiting...
I bumped into a peacock during a visit to Austin Zoo in the spring of 2017 and had to take some pictures of it’s colourful plumage.
A Four-Spotted Palpita Moth (Palpita quadristigmalis) seen on an Indian Blanket near Dripping Springs, Texas on April 28th, 2020. Edit: Thanks to Chuck...
An Eight Spotted Flea Beetle (Omophoita cyanipennis octomaculata) seen in the flower field at Nutty Brown Farm on May 21st, 2020. Thanks to Laura Griffith...
This is another Widow Skimmer dragonfly (Libellula luctuosa) I spotted and managed to get a shot of before it dashed off during my visit to Nutty Brown...
An Eastern Pondhawk dragonfly (Erythemis simplicicollis) seen at Nutty Brown Farm, Austin on Thursday, May 21st, 2020.
This is another of the dragonflies I found at Nutty Brown Farm last Thursday evening. On returning to my computer and trying to identify it, I was most...
I’m back to insects this week after another visit to the flower field at Nutty Brown Farm. Here’s another widow skimmer dragonfly (Libellula...
This will be the last of the macro pictures for a few days though I suspect I’ll be back at the flower field some time in the next week to take more....
Some of the nigella flowers at Nutty Brown Farm, Austin on Saturday, May 2nd, 2020.
A western honey bee (Apis Mellifera) gathers pollen and nectar from an Indian Blanket or Firewheel flower near Dripping Springs, Texas on April 28th, 2020....
