Tag: hummingbird

double-crested cormorant

2021/01/02 – Christmas day at lake Hodges – 2 of 2

As promised I am showing you the second set of pictures taken on Christmas day. It’s always a bit tough for me to decide which picture makes it and which doesn’t. I hesitate for a while looking at the details, the composition, the background, the posture of the animal, and of course, the most important …

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Hummingbird sitting on his nest, presumably brooding

2020/07/29 – The Hummingbird Nest

One day as I was following the flight of a hummingbird, I saw it landing on his nest. I took a bunch of pictures. Then I came back a couple of days later, she was still brooding. A week later I found the chicks were born and I couldn’t believe my luck to have spotted …

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Facebook Post, July 4th, 2020

My latest reptile encounter: a beautiful California Kingsnake. Unfortunately he was very shy and slithered away so fast I got too little time to get better photos. The bees pictures were taken just in my yard using my macro lens. They were so busy collecting pollen they didn’t care about me hovering close by. I …

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Facebook Post – June 21, 2020

JUST FROM MY WINDOW. That’s right, you read correctly. All the pictures in this installment were taken right from my office window. I look up a hill and there is a dead tree, which birds love to perch on. As you can see, I paid attention. Also, I will not write all the captions at …

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Facebook Post – May 22, 2020

Alright, time for a another set of wild life pics. Looks like Facebook fixed the photo posting GUI. I was able to add captions before posting. Nice 

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Facebook Post, May 9, 2020

This morning I decided to hit the trail early. I left at 7 AM. I hiked out of the trail and up the hill, making my way in the wilderness, looking for interesting wild life. I found it. I highly recommend you take a look at these pictures in the posted order and read the …

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