Category Archives: Nature
What Is It?? Hummingbird Moth
Dear Friends, this is a hummingbird clearwing moth sucking on some summer flowers. Recently our camera club had an outing to the butterfly house and we found this guy outside the tent. This is a moth not a butterfly (no club on the end of antenna) so i guess he wasn’t allowed inside. The wings are too fast for my shutter speed but you get the idea. til Tomorrow MJ
Fall Has Arrived
Dear Friends, yes indeed, fall has arrived and with the fall foliage, the Greater Sandhill Cranes have started to gather on the Meadows and the marshes of Crex Meadows Wildlife Refuge in Northwestern Wisconsin. So far this fall, this is my favorite shot, a pair of cranes were only 20 feet from us when i pulled the trigger, til Tomorrow MJ
Pied-Billed Hatch Year Grebe
Dear Friends, well fall is on its way as the pied billed grebes are gathering on Phantom Lake, this baby grebe is foraging in a small pond adjacent to the lake. I think they are so cute with their stripes on the cheek. til Tomorrow MJ
Wood Nymph
Dear Friends, this wood nymph on a knapweed flower is to illustrate how the light coming across the wings shows off the textural details of this butterfly wing. All the veining and cell details are emphasized when the light is right. til Tomorrow MJ
Dunlin
Dear Friends, this small shore bird visited Phantom Lake this spring, He has some beautiful shades of brown on his back enjoy til Tomrrow MJ
Skipper
Dear Friends, this tiny fellow is a skipper, but not sure his exact name. I am sure my friends at Crex can id him for me. He is perched and nectarine on some Vervain. i hope he enjoys his sweet lunch, til Tomorrow MJ
American Bittern
Dear Friends, this secretive bird is an American Bittern and on rare occasions he peeks out of the cat tails to seek food. til Tomorrow MJ
Nature Challenge Day 7
Dear Friends, ran out of butterfly images so i ran up to Lake Superior to find what i could find. Found this black swallowtail, a little smaller than the one in Crex, he posed so nicely on this yellow flower head. til Tomorrow MJ
Nature Challenge Day 6
Dear friends, this friendly butterfly has pink hair, green eyes and a pink fringe around his wing, he is the pink-edged sulphur butterfly and is only found if blueberries are around. His caterpillar stage eats blueberries and the butterfly will lay its eggs on the blueberry leaves. Quite the punker butterfly. til Tomorrow MJ
Nature Challenge Day 5
Dear Friends, this beautiful monarch butterfly is perched on the dreaded goldenrod, dreaded because many like me are allergic to its pollen, i have clipped some of the wing regions cause i wanted to emphasize the hind wing and it sections with oblong shaped orange, the look-alike viceroy butterfly is smaller and has a dark line across the hind wing. see the image below
MJ Springett 