In a previous post (don’t I say that a lot? Livin’ in the past, livin’ in the past) I mentioned that the tag, ‘Carolina anole’ was the most prevalent on the ol’ bloggachomps here, and since we just recently had a post about the runner-up, ‘Chinese mantis,’ we now have to feature more anoles just to prevent slipping from first place. This is how I justify
Category: Photography
Doesn’t mean we like it
So, the pond has been bouncing up and down rather dramatically the first big rain that we had following the drastic draining filled it entirely back up again to the previous level, quite impressive considering how far down it extends, not depth-wise, but laterally south – it was a hell of a rain.
Let’s have some mants
Even more of the backlog of photos that I have, trying to clear them out as I add still more to the stack.
On two non-successive night, I found a few mantids, which is about as many as I saw in total last year. Okay, there were probably more for last year, but not a lot – this location isn’t as liked by the mantids as the old place, as evidenced by ‘Chinese mantis’ being the
Let’s have some plants
I have a small collection of plant images from around the Estates, so we’re finally getting to those now, before we have more critters.
I mentioned previously about the new hibiscus (Malvaceae) plant, and so we’ll concentrate on the part that everyone thinks about when they think ‘hibiscus,’ except for Hawai’i and hula dancers and all that stuff.
These
Tip Jar 29: Sunrises and sunsets
A perennial favorite, yet most often snagged only as someone notices them and not as much planned for, so let’s do a little planning.
Know your times. There are a million ways to know when sunrise and sunset are going to occur, but there are two primary things to consider. The first is, any source that doesn’t calculate your actual position (i.e., know where you are)
Well, shit
I’m a little late reporting this, but I can’t really find any negative affect on you regarding it, so I’m not going to feel too bad. Not about that, anyway.
Last week we got a long period of rain that apparently dumped a lot more water on us than we’d thought, because the next morning, the edge of the pond where we do all the critter feeding, what we call the Apron, looked
Before still more
Even though I try to space things out a little, I really have to post these images before I get even more and produce a backlog…
We find it amusing that the juvie barred owls (Strix varia) are semi-routinely visiting the backyard, which we really only know because they still talk a lot, especially the one that we have now taken to calling, “Crybaby.” Two nights ago, I tracked
Updating the anoles
For reasons unknown, I keep going throughout the weekdays without really feeling like posting, even when (as now) I have a selection of photos to put up, as well as a couple of other topics that I could tackle. Instead, I let myself get involved in other projects, which is fine, they need doin’, but makes the posts rather sporadic and clustered.
So let’s see what the Estates anoles are
Tip Jar 28: Safety
So let’s talk about something that all nature photographers should retain in the back of their mind at least, but remind themselves of often as well. I mean, all photographers can benefit from staying safe, but nature photographers expose themselves to more hazards than many other classes.
Equipment: Almost goes without saying, but have decent padded bags that fully protect
Briefer, but still…
Was in Walkabout Studios late yesterday morning when I heard the green heron (Butorides virescens) give a warning call, which sounds like a cross between a sharp bark and the sound a sneaker makes on a basketball court. Went out with the long lens, but was first distracted by the barred owlet calling somewhere in the backyard, not far away. I tried to track it, but it moved off before I