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6-10-13: Luckily for me, there was about a 10 minute window with no rain this afternoon after I got home from work. I took a quick walk around the house and found a few opportunities. All photos were taken with my D7000 AF 105mm f/2.8 micro Nikkor, ISO 400, f/10, on-camera flash. Another...

Re: Lets see your Moths & Butterflies This guy landed this morning while I was taking the dog out. Wish I didn't have the red zones but B&W takes care of that. This is a white admiral butterfly. We have a lot of them around here during this time of year. Amazingly, this was not taken with a...

6-9-13: Again, it was one of those mornings where I took my camera with me when I walked the dog. Here's today's batch. Nothing creepy, crawly, or otherwise to give you the heebie jeebies. :) This butterfly, a white admiral butterfly, decided to land. I took a bunch of photos and these are...

Re: Bird in Flight Got this crow as it was flying across the front lawn. I was surprised how well it came out considering...

The black blob with weirdly angled feathers is actually one of our neighborly - or not so neighborly - crows. Not sure what I was thinking when I took this. :)

6-8-13: Today's photos are a potpourri of the odd. That is all the warning you get. :) Walked out to the living room this morning, and found this on the living room floor: Deader than Paddy's Pig This arachnid, or very dead wolf spider if you prefer, was in the middle of the living room...

6-7-13: Went out for a few minutes between downpours. Came back with an image of some very healthy grass seed... Going to Seed

6-6-13: Rain is keeping me from wandering the neighborhood with my camera. Being resourceful and knowing that everyone is tired of looking at the same old cats (although they are not old :) ), I decided to wander over to my spousal unit's man cave. Yes, I entered it. :) Anyway, here is a...

6-5-13: Part 2: Okay, now for some more pleasant pictures. BIRDS! Tree swallows, to be exact. I love swallows, they are so pretty, graceful, and one of my favorite bird species. This guy was just popping its head out of the birdhouse. He/she kept looking at me as I slowly got closer...

6-5-13: Part 1: Creepy Crawlers.... This is for everyone who has table saws... If it moves, it is NOT sawdust. This afternoon, I was ready to check out the bluebird houses down the road. Spousal unit asked me to come to the barn (this is not an icky old barn, but Gary's man cave) with my...

This is a female goldfinch. It looked a whole lot better in person. I saw it fly by and land on the bush. I had my lens on manual and I was fumbling for the focus ring. What ever happened to those nice, big, fat focus rings???

6-4-13: All around this area are these purple triangular-shaped bug traps. They are being used to trap the invasive insect, the emerald ash borer beetle, which originally came from Asia. These are nasty beetles whose larvae totally destroy ash trees by eating the tree under the bark. I have...

6-3-13: Part 2: As I walked through the woods, near enough to the house as to not be noticed by the bear, I came across this old, rotting bench in the woods. I just liked how the fresh, pink flowers contrasted the decay of the bench. The first photo is just conversion of the RAW to jpeg...

6-3-13: Part 1 It was a beautiful afternoon after I got out of work. Went walking over to my neighbor's pond and got a few pretty photos. There are no creepy crawlies in this batch. I love reflections and this one has lots. Also, I think cattails are grossly overlooked. Green Grows the...

This might be better suited for Halloween, but here goes, anyway. You can see the color version on my Project 365 page, post #503, posted today. Labyrinthine Orb Weaver Spider

I took the following photos last night but didn't process them until this afternoon. Of course, night photography means creepy crawly photography. So, here are a few of my results from last night's heebie jeebie photo safari. All photos were taken with my D7000, AF-S 105mm f/.8...

6-2-13: I was watching this pair of robins flit around today when I realized one was a fledgling and the other was the parent. I thought it was a cute series and wanted to share. All photos today were taken with my D3000, 55-200mm Nikkor non-VR zoom lens, ISO 400, f/8. The first one was with...

6-2-13: Part 1. I'm breaking today's images into two posts. It will make sense once you see them. All photos today were taken with my D3000, 55-200mm Nikkor non-VR zoom lens, ISO 400, f/8. These doves have been hanging around lately. I think they have a nest nearby but I haven't found out...

6-1-13: Today is an interesting potpourri of pictures. Gee, second day in a row that I took my camera out with me when I took the dog out in the morning and there was something interesting to photograph. :) I am not sure if this crow is Heckle or Jeckle, just sitting on a utility pole. Hey...

5-31-13: Part 2: Non-Birds Last night, when I took the dog out, I heard our neighborhood bear scratching on a tree in the woods nearby. This afternoon, I decided to take a quick walk into the woods to see what kind of damage to trees the bear had done. What I found on the back of the tree...