Some people are saying it's because of the heat and drought that the butterflies and hummingbirds are scarce around here this year. Finally saw the third butterfly in the backyard this year. That sounds unreal when we usually have them flying in and out all day long. This one's kind of beat up, but better than nothing. 6.22.12

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The flowers are suffering right now with the drought and heat. I have a few asiatic lillies I hope can tolerate the weather long enough for me to get some good photos. Stay cool. 6.29.12

Taken on a misty Sunday morning near Harlingen, Texas. The sun was just coming up and it had a kind of surreal feeling. The light was changing so fast I barely had time to jump out of the Jeep and snap a couple photos before the mood changed. 6.28.12

I have a whole sequence of shots as this brown pelican is approaching the brown pelican on the post. The flying pelican succeeded in his quest to sit on the post without much of an objection from the other. Taken along Shoreline Drive in Corpus Christi, Texas in April 2012. 6.26.12

I was driving home on Saturday and saw these shoes hanging from a tree off Hwy 161. Don't know why they are there, but they are, probably 20 pairs or so. 6.25.12

Some people are saying it's because of the heat and drought that the butterflies and hummingbirds are scarce around here this year. Finally saw the third butterfly in the backyard this year. That sounds unreal when we usually have them flying in and out all day long. This one's kind of beat up, but better than nothing. 6.22.12

An amazing bloom on a hen and chicks plant. 6.20.12

This is a new twist on getting to know a boy, especially if you're the shy type.

As you can see, I've been a little preoccupied with the blue jays in the backyard. There are about half a dozen of them and some young and I think they are stocking up for winter already. They went through $10 worth of peanuts in 3 days and I got a ton of photos, a pretty fair exchange. Some come and take their time and others like this more mature jay hits the feeder and off he goes. My 50D only does about 3 frames a second, so they are faster than my camera. I did manage to snap this sequence. This is shot in dense shade and thus I have a lot of noise for which I used Topaz denoise. Tomorrow I'll do something different I promise. 6.18.12

This is a followup shot to my post yesterday. There are about shots in between the 2 photos posted. Still don't understand why the older blue jay deferred to the young one. Happy Father's Day dads!! 6.17.12

Some people are saying it's because of the heat and drought that the butterflies and hummingbirds are scarce around here this year. Finally saw the third butterfly in the backyard this year. That sounds unreal when we usually have them flying in and out all day long. This one's kind of beat up, but better than nothing. 6.22.12