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The Birds of Blackbutt Reserve, Newcastle | aussiebirder

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Welcome to the appreciation of Australian birds and the love of birdwatching, sharing bird sightings, photographs, personal experiences and helpful information. The Birds of Blackbutt Reserve, Newcastle. On August 4, 2015. Click on photos to enlarge…. Wombat in observable sleeping cave. Like this bubble which a child blew into the air at the Reserve, it is a very fragile situation. Other wildlife had enclosure built to resemble their habitat. Australian Wood Duck pair. Returning to my previous argument, ...

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joeschelling | Natural Moments

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Nature photography, birds, butterflies and travel. Birding, butterflies, nature photography, and travel blog from right here in Albuquerque New Mexico. August 10, 2016. A little more than a month since my last update, it’s certainly time for a new one. My apologies upfront – this is going to be a long one. Repeating a trip I’d made five years ago, most of that … Continue reading →. July 6, 2016. First Week of Summer. June 26, 2016. June 17, 2016. All Those Little Ones. June 9, 2016. June 1, 2016. With on...

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Spring Fashion Show | Natural Moments

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Nature photography, birds, butterflies and travel. A Few Good Birds. June Bugs →. June 1, 2015. Bumble Bee and Thistle. A great butterfly to spot that day was a Viereck’s Skipper, which I’ve only rarely seen and which posed quite nicely for a photograph. Viereck’s Skipper (Atrytonopsis vierecki). The showiest of the birds, however, was the Snowy Egret, all done up in dramatic breeding plumage. Palmer’s Metalmark (Apodemia palmeri). But weren’t having any luck finding that Small Checkered-Skipper un...

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One Week in July | Natural Moments

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Nature photography, birds, butterflies and travel. Out and About →. One Week in July. July 8, 2015. Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus). And only in the last couple of weeks have we been seeing Taxiles Skippers, that to my eye closely resembles any number of other skippers from the top. Taxiles Skipper (Poanes taxiles). The picture above is of a female, which is perhaps a bit more distinctive underneath with that lavender wash. Female Taxiles Skipper (Poanes taxiles). Russet Skipperling (Piruna pirus).

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Natural Moments | Nature photography, birds, butterflies and travel | Page 2

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Nature photography, birds, butterflies and travel. Newer posts →. April 19, 2016. 8221; and would meet three of its four authors for our day at Suwanee. Over the course of four full days of butterflying, we’d see close to 50 species almost a dozen of which were new for me. Even Rebecca, who’d been butterflying in Florida in the past, added four species to her life list. Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes). Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) – female. Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae).

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Trifecta | Natural Moments

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Nature photography, birds, butterflies and travel. A Few New Visitors. July 29, 2015. Of the four species they have visiting regularly, I managed to photograph all but the Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Actually, I did get a couple of pictures of them, too, but none came out all that well.). First up was the one that seems to show up earliest every year and is quite common all over town, the Black-chinned Hummingbird. Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus). Colorado Hairstreak (Hypaurotis crysalus). Rounding ou...

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June Bugs | Natural Moments

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Nature photography, birds, butterflies and travel. Passing of Spring →. June 8, 2015. From the Papilionidae family (Parnassians and Swallowtails), this week turned up a Black Swallowtail in Cienega Canyon, a butterfly that we only rarely see around here. Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes). The foothills, forested east mountains, and especially Las Huertas Canyon had both of the large yellow swallowtails we see frequently here, the Western Tiger Swallowtail,. Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus).

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July | 2015 | Natural Moments

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Nature photography, birds, butterflies and travel. Monthly Archives: July 2015. July 29, 2015. This past week I’ve been fortunate to come across three different species of first hummingbirds and then butterflies, some of which aren’t seen very often at all around here. The Audubon Thursday Birders held their annual hummingbird extravaganza and potluck, … Continue reading →. A Few New Visitors. July 22, 2015. July 15, 2015. One Week in July. July 8, 2015. July 1, 2015. With just one day before the start o...

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Western Bluebird Nest Box Update With Thursday Birders | It's a bird thing...

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It's a bird thing…. Birding in New Mexico and beyond. Western Bluebird Nest Box Update With Thursday Birders. July 24, 2015. This was a very different year, Bill Simms chuckled, of course every year is different. Bill Simms giving update. Bill, who has been keeping records on the 47 nesting boxes on his ranch at the base of the Manzano Mountains for 18 years, passed out a graph to the assembled Thursday Birders who gather each year at the end of July to learn about the current year’s cavity nesters.

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A Winter’s Day ‘Round the Feeders – Digital Aviary

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Pursuing Life by Exploring Nature. A Winter’s Day ‘Round the Feeders. Slate gray skies melded into a misty horizon. Gusts of wind toyed with intermittent moisture. The birds did not care. They were gathered around our feeders; pecking or picking, squating or searching. While the weather was powerless to against the birds, the feeders cleared each time a Northern Harrier extended its search beyond the hay field to the west. December 26, 2016. Brief Stop at Lake Erie (3 Photos). Winter Sentinel (one photo).