Canyon Bats are active in the evenings and early mornings. Occasionally Canyon bats are active mid-mornings, flying circles around the swimming pool before skimming the water to drink.
Sensational macros, Trent. That Ambush Bug photo is amazing
Spectacular images as usual, Eric.
Boy, you and Eric are great at photographing insects! What is it that draws veterinarians to insects?
That is a very pretty image, Alan. Did you know that each of those petals is actually a sterile flower? The fertile flowers are the ones in the central disk on which the bee is collecting nectar. Those that get fertilized produce seeds. In a sunflower that can mean up to 2000 seeds per plant.I have some featherless wings I can add in for this
A sunflower in our backyard with a bee:
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Back when we had these in our backyard we were feeding a lot of birds and of course squirrels who came along to mooch. They would go crazy for the sunflower seeds and we would have all of those 2000 seeds as empty shells next to each plant. Pretty messy to be quite honest.
Gorgeous!!!I have some featherless wings I can add in for this
A sunflower in our backyard with a bee:
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OMG!!! I giving up photography
Because of you and Doug, I'm going to find another hobby
Don't, I love your posts. I have to admit, sometimes feel like this too after seeing all the great photo's in here. Then I change my mind and think, I can look at this 2 ways, either as a comparison in which I am always loosing or as an Inspiration to up my game. I have chosen the latter. Keep up the great work you post here!
For some reason, Roger, you don't realize how good you are already. I'm not just saying that because you are a friend.
