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Territorial Dispute
I was deep in the woods and came to a wetland where there were so many frogs hanging around. I saw a green heron in the opposite side of the pool. Walking through the high grass, I finally settled down next to the pool and waited and waited and waited. Finally the Green Heron…
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Teenage Praying Mantises Posing for her Picture
This very morning in Valley Forge. And the second one was in the field off of Ship Road in Malvern. Oh they have such wonderful faces.
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Ailanthus Webworm Moth on a Purple Headed Sneezeweed. Say that ten times real fast……
This garish little moth posed for me this morning in the rain in Valley Forge. See those little water droplets on the petals of the Sneezeweed?? And here he is turning his head and looking right at the camera!
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Bird Island!!!
I’m here on Bird Island in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean east of Tanzania. Truly a tropical island and a bird lover’s paradise. I’m here with two of my favorite photographers, Denise Ippolito and Paul McKenzie. It is hotter than hot (at least 100 degrees most days), totally humid, bugs galore, but the…
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“Bluebirds” win Second Place in BetterPhoto March Contest!!
Mr. Bluebird offering a little treat to his sweetie. This was at Brightside Park near our house in Charlestown Meadows.
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Macrosiagon – Otherwise known as the Wedge Shaped Beetle – Look at those Antennae!!
Brand new bug for me. And not such a good one. I learned that they hang around flowers that wasps like. Then the female beetle lays her eggs. The eggs hatch and the larvae are carried by the wasp to their own nests. “Instead of eating both the wasp’s egg and the pollen stored…
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“Mommy!!!!”
Baby Orchard Oriole begging mom for a little something to eat this morning in Valley Forge And here is the beautiful Willow Flycatcher who was perched near the baby Orchard Oriole. Another great morning in Valley Forge.
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A walk in the Field in Valley Forge
I got up early one morning this week and drove out to my favorite bug field in Valley Forge. Oh, it was so good. They are all young bugs for the most part. Tiny and difficult to see, but they still have all their body parts. Here’s what I found: First the Ambush Bug.…
