Since I just made a promise to you good folk, I cannot tell you about the count that I reached tonight/this morning (it’s just before 1 AM as I type this,) which was a whopping 57, um… somethings. That’s really not shabby at all for late November, but it’s quite warm out there,
Category: Nature
Why you like that?
Seriously, what is it with anoles and their sleeping positions?
This is far from the first time finding one here, but the position was so perfect this particular evening.
Look at those toes. Though you’d think that getting, you know, on top would be more comfortable and less likely to fall off, but then you wouldn’t be thinking like an anole. At the very least,
One tree, two days
The Girlfriend is fond of Japanese maples and we arrived here at the new place (it’s been over a year now, perhaps I should stop referring to it that way) with a few in tow, obtaining several more in the past year, but there were already two established on the property: one perpetually deep red variant up by the mailbox, which has made the
A few quick portraits
Just a handful of wildlife portraits obtained within the past few days – they mostly speak for themselves.
How long has it been since we’ve had an arthropod? Too long?
I said it was misty last night, and you didn’t believe me. This katydid did, however.
This Canada goose was waiting for me to finish distributing corn so it could take a break from chowing on pond weeds.
Photobombed by leaves
Out chasing a few subjects last night while it was warm and extremely misty, I got caught by the strongest defocus effect that I’ve ever encountered, and it’ll take a little explaining.
First off, there’s a term, ‘bokeh,’ that refers to the out-of-focus portions of a photo, the areas well outside of the focal point, which usually means well behind or in front of said
Let’s catch up with the wood ducks
I know I tend to cycle around the same handful of photo and video subjects herein, but let’s face it: I have easy access to several different forms of wildlife without even leaving the property, so this is what I’m going to have the most photos of, as well as being able to observe behavior better than I ever have before. At least I haven’t fixated on just one subject…
So yes,
Estate Find XLVII
This week, we have a couple of subjects that help lead into further posts, at least one of which may come later on today – I’m starting to get a small stockpile again. So let’s get into it.
With the clearing of the duckweed, which may be due to the appetites of the ducks and geese, or the temperature dropping below their growing range, or both, the water is now
Let’s see, I think… frogs
Working my way through the folder of images that I need to do something with, and figured that it’s now time for a few more frogs, si? I mean, oui?
The first three to be featured all came on November 9th, when the weather became unseasonably warm and the frogs were out thinking, Damn, that was a short winter! This one, at least, should have known better given its perch.
A green
Estate Find XLVI.V
This one had been in the lineup for this week’s Estate Find until the beaver bumped it, but I still have the pics sitting here, so…
Looked out the back window the other day, around mid-afternoon, and noticed that we had a lurker out there.
This is a red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus,) almost certainly one of the ones that had been regularly hunting in the front
Estate Find XLVI
Another two part one this week – we’ll start off slow.
While I had been seeing some news alerts that the aurora borealis might be visible in several northern states, I paid little heed to them since North Carolina, despite its name, is far from being considered a ‘northern’ state. Then The Girlfriend’s Sprog told me that we might actually be seeing a display here, and