Continuing with 2016 photo folder housekeeping. This last folder contained 8,654 images and it was trimmed down to 1,287. A lot of this folder contained macro images that were taken for reference. Mostly for examining phenotypes in plants which were difficult to observe without some optical assistance. There was no reason to keep most of these.
Here are some photographs I decided to showcase.
Male Calypte anna hummingbird. Getting agitated?
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Eric Duck hot on the tail of Docken Duck.
Male Calypte anna hummingbird resting on a Caesalpinia gilliesii shrub.
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Back at home a Nezara viridula, commonly known as the southern green stink bug. It's in the 5th instar phase of its adult life. It's about to become entirely green. The plant is a poppy seed pod, probably Papaver orientale.
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Honey bee squishing his little antenna, going in deep on a Salvia 'Amistad' flower.
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Back home again with a couple of scarlet flax flowers (Linum grandiflorum).
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Female Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) on Hesperaloe parviflora.
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These baby ground squirrels were just starting to come out on their own to explore. Mom was close by watching.
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Bee on a rose.
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Male Calypte anna on kangaroo paws.
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Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on Buddleja davidii.
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My first, second and only experiences taking pictures of the Bullock's oriole (Icterus bullockii). I also managed to get a few shots off of a female but they were less than spectacular.
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Leptotes marina (blue marine) butterfly on a Baja fairy duster flower (Calliandra californica).
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Female Calypte anna hummingbird.
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Female Selasphorus sasin hummingbird getting an early start on these agave flowers.
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Monarch butterfly, Lord of the toothpick plant.
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Female Selasphorus sasin in a field of red mountain sage (Salvia darcyi).
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That's it for now. It's been a really long, freaky day--trust me. The next folder, number 14 of 21 (I think) only has 3,957 items in it. It too looks as though many shots were taken in order to see details of things as opposed to looking for photographic merit. We shall see.
Every image is beautiful, Eric. I was particularly taken with the first squirrel picture, which captured my heart.
ReplyDeleteStupendous photography. Pretty sure I recall some of these from the past. Nice to see Eric abc a Docken duck courting again 😎
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