Of Birds

Nighthawk.

Fledgling Mississippi Kite.

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Killdeer.

A woodpecker hungrily accepts a worm from BirdManBob.

Mallard Duck (female).

And eager to eat all the cute little birds is a Cooper's Hawk!

A vulture will eat the left-overs, if any.

Big Mushroom

Along the Bank

Dabbling in Photography in the Garden

Spider Lillies

Most Remarkable Matilda

         Matilda, a young dog rescued by Lila, has no sense of hearing. Special training comes into play -- and I don't employ the expression lightly -- with Matilda for her impairment. 

        Lila has encouraged Matilda through training classes, including jumping and going through the tube.

       Matilda, in addition to her intelligence and character, can make funny faces. Here I show some images of her in black and white.

Jumping.

Going through the tube.

Matilda looks up as if interrupted by something, perhaps my camera. 

Long tongue.

Matilda playing wyvern.

Matilda adores her owner. 

Bugs Uncropped II

         I dabbled with Gentle Giant's old Nikon D2h for some macro. Since it has only four megapixels, I thought of it as an important exercise in approaching closely my subjects, in the spirit of non cropping. Today my subjects, grasshoppers, mayflies, and a praying mantis, seemed cooperative, seemingly feeling unthreatened by my 105mm lens close to their noses.

I saw, too, a turkey feather on the grass, and my first Monarch butterfly.

Love Bugs II

I took these images with the Nikon Coolpix S8000. The grasshoppers and crickets seemed baffled, or stunned, rather, petrified, by the Coolpix, for they allowed me to place it on the ground close to them.

Post Migration Activity at the Purple Martin House

I wonder if the Purple Martins know about all the partying at their house while they migrate to the south.

A Turkey Vulture stands on the Purple Martin house.

Later the same evening, a Great Horned Owl stopped by.

T-6 on the Ramp with Us

Navy planes, the T-6 sit at the Midland airport.

One of the Navy planes parked next to ours. 

The pilots may have popped in for a moment in the FBO for a cup of coffee.

Buckling up.

Putting more oil in the Bonanza.

Navy pilots are ready to taxi. Good luck, pilots!

Meat Eaters, Go. Just Go.

Love food? Meat? Go to the Hog Pit in Midland. Just go. I need not say anything else. Just go. Enjoy.

Wind Turbines and Oil Rigs Living in Sin

From my airplane seat I glimpsed a wind turbine through the clouds.

I think that here I show the enormity of each wind turbine. Those are roads leading up to each turbine. Can you imagine how large are the concrete foundations that support the massive towers? 

This petroleum drilling rig spews black smoke as it drills for fuel that powers the trucks bringing wind turbines to their locations, the trucks that maintain them, and my gas-guzzling Ol' Jalopy.

A truck carries a piece of an oil rig to another location for more drilling.

Love Bugs

Hermine Drenched Us a Bit

Please take a look at Ben's amazing photographs of storms. 

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