Friday Night Photos - We Might Actually Enjoy Spring edition

Going through some photos, and I found my favourite photo of beloved Oscar. He was a good lad.

Anyway, we're out and about tonight, so have at it, if you so choose.

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@snoopydawg
the blue ocean waves.

Very nice.

Thanks Oscar and snoop.

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Some butterfly's for the start of spring.
Edit: 1 Blue Morpho, 2 Malachite, 3 Malachite, 4 Monarch, 5 Postman, 6 Postman

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@Socialprogressive

if only briefly
so much color
six great pix

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@QMS
I once heard butterfly's described as flowers with wings. Sounds like an appropriate description to me.

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@Socialprogressive

Thanks

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Got my first loon of the year today.

First blue herons of the year the other day:

sandhill cranes:

This white pigeon has been hanging around by the pond in town where I work for a couple of weeks now:


I don't see any leg bands on it, and someone else said it's just a white rock pigeon.

My coworker saw my camera yesterday and asked "Are you going to take a picture of me?" I said I don't take pictures of humans. Lol That's one way to get them to stop asking!

We were able to start digging in the garden the other day, pulling out last year's stuff at least; now is a good time because the ground is still wet and soft. We have some old dog kennel pannels by one shed I want to tear out and put around the garden; that will keep the critters out of it! (Someone saw a cougar ~15-20 miles from here one day last week Shok )

Happy spring all.

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@Daenerys
I've seen lots of pigeons but never a white pigeon. Thanks for the experience.

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@Daenerys
Thank you, so much, for triggering a memory that prompted me to find something from a longtime favorite, that made me smile, the moment I saw your 1st pic!
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@Deja I don't think I've ever seen it.
They are so fun to watch!

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@Daenerys

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@Daenerys

goes great together ; ).

My coworker saw my camera yesterday and asked "Are you going to take a picture of me?" I said I don't take pictures of humans.

What beautiful birds you see, and how enjoyable it is for us to also see them. Thanks Daenerys.

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@janis b Smile

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BR, SD, SP, Daen, all wonderful shots...

In 60 years of hardcore birding, this was a first, right off the back porch the other morning, a dead Black-chinned Hummingbird, male, locked on to the stem it was on. Don't ask me how it died.
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Here is a closeup of some of the gorget feathers in the throat. The color is iridescence which is made by refraction, and due to structure, not pigment.
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Claretcup Cactus is in bloom now, btw, I hate autofocus.
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Yellow Flax
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Thanks everyone for all the great posts and comments all week.

It's not us, it's them, and they are nuckinfutz.

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@dystopian
black chinned hummingbird, dystopian and nice closeup of the gorget feathers.

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@dystopian

Seeing that hummingbird for the first time 60 years of hard core birding hanging dead must have been a shock.

I love the colour you caught in its feathers, refracted in that singular light and environment.

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Thanks for POT bollox

Wonderful photos everyone.
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Doing this from my phone. If it works this is a photo of our last drawing site. There are two deer in the photo

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@magiamma @magiamma
Nice shot. The green hillside and trees made me think of Ireland when I first looked at it.

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@Socialprogressive
Thank you. It was a fun place to draw. Beautiful butterfly shots. You are lucky to have so many kinds. We only have three right near my house.

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@magiamma
While San Diego does have a good variety of butterfly's, these shots were all taken at the annual spring butterfly exhibit at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

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interesting photos.

The power was turned off in our vicinity all day due to upgrading, that we are hoping will improve service during the more vulnerable months.

Your Monarchs are migrating toward you while ours stay in NZ year round.

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beautiful colors and shapes in politics as I can see in your photos. Kudos to all who post and comment here. Smile

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I'm so glad you enjoy us.

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