The Nature Photography Thread

[guidofatherof5]

Nice photos. I'm guessing the tree is in the Spruce family. Did it have any cones on it? What state are you in?

[Tzacol]

Haha the little buggers bite my fingers all the time since I feed them by hand.

[Tzacol]

Nice photos. I'm guessing the tree is in the Spruce family. Did it have any cones on it? What state are you in?

I'm in Oregon, I found it while hiking at a somewhat high elevation in northeastern Oregon, near Wallowa Lake.

[CelestiHel]

A friend and I found this snapper hatchling in the bathroom at middle of the night at our local drive-in movie theater during their annual Dusk Til Dawn movie marathon. Still caked in mud from the dig out, it turned toward the bathroom, which was the brightest light on at 3 am. We scooped it up and took it near the lake in the opposite direction. So stinkin' cute!

snapper.jpg

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks for lending the little shelled-one a helping hand. Looks exactly like the 2 hatchlings I now have at the Ranch.

[guidofatherof5]

This past week I have seen a marked increase of butterfly activity. The activity at my butterfly bushes has been great. This is a marked improvement from last year. Here a Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) and a Monarch (Danaus plexippus) share a flower.
I love watching all the activity at the butterfly bushes. I also planted plenty of milkweed for the monarch caterpillars. My family has always enjoyed watching their lifecycle.

[joeysgreen]

Good on you for planting milkweed. There was a recent news article on how the Monarch is quickly heading towards being an endangered species with all the monocultured crops and effective pesticides against milkweed. You're an invertebrate's hero

[kueluck]

Hickory Devil catapillar.jpg
This crossed our path while bike riding at Salem Lake over the weekend. That's a woman’s 7.5 next to it for comparison.

[guidofatherof5]

Sorry, no photo but I wanted to share anyway.
Last night we had some good rain so this morning I had standing water along the driveway. When I looked out there this afternoon I saw a female Cardinal (in the family Cardinalidae), Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and 3 House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) all taking a bath in the same small pool. Everybody getting along just enjoying the water. I love the feathered ones

[Zdravko092368]

Would take too long to find the photos and upload them all so I'll just link to my albums from this year, hopefully it works.

Wildlife(lots of garter photos later in the album) - https://m.facebook.com/anthony.luiso.../?ref=bookmark


Waterfalls - https://m.facebook.com/anthony.luiso.../?ref=bookmark