The Doldrums of Summer
Posted Aug 25th, 2006 at 12:27 pm in Photography
I went tried to go birding last weekend. The west Texas heat was so oppressive, and the bird activity so abysmal, that I quickly turned my focus to photographing butterflies, dragonflies, and some other cool stuff.
I’m just now getting around to putting the pictures up. There are some really nice ones, like this guy — a Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferrugineas).
Roseate Skimmer — Orthemis ferrugineas
In addition to the insects, I also managed to get several nice shots of a really cool reptile, and several of birds. So be to check out the whole album.
Wow, you really got up close and personal with that bull snake! I remember one time there was a bull snake in our garage - it was huge! Then it crawled into the closet where we keep the lawn mower and got stuck in an old vacuum cleaner. We had to call Animal Control to come get it. I think they took it somewhere out “in the wild” and released it. That was probably two years ago and we haven’t heard back from Mr. snake since. Never calls, never writes. Ah, well.