A mighty song!
Prothonotary Warbler, Singing
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Yellow Iris with White Bridge
Iris are another flower that has performed spectacularly this spring.
The pond was covered in floating debris, including late falling leaves and oak tassels.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
April 8, 2021
Silent Sunday: Yellow Iris
Holly With Yellow Flowers
This yellow flower stalk caught my eye, as did the roving dangly legged insect.
He wasn’t too impressed and moved on.
There wasn’t much to the plant, the leaves you see here were all there were, about three or four feet (1 Meter) off the ground.
I had not noticed these flowers before and don’t know if they are typical winter bloomers or if the relatively mild winter we are in has brought them out early.
December Yellow
This burst of yellow called out when I passed down a narrow path on a recent afternoon at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. The plant was large, these blooms were slightly above my eye level.
Regrettably I didn’t even look for a plant tag but did get one isolated flower, looking something like a ballerina.
December 10, 2020
ID Update: Cassia
Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly
Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly was one of at least five butterfly species I saw on November 13Â at Donnelley Wildlife Management Area.
There were actually dozens of them along the road, zipping in and out of the Morning Glories.
Zoom in on this last image and you’ll see some sort of a multi-segmented insect between the two Morning Glory blooms that I did not see at the time.
Also seen November 13, 2020
Swamp Sunflowers and Bee Photobomber
I was framing a single Swamp Sunflower, trying for an artsy view when a bee hovered into the shot.
He was as attracted to the blossom as I was.
He did his thing then backed away.
Here’s a broader look at the patch of these photogenic blooms.
Silver-spotted Skipper
There is a patch of these lemony yellow flowers at the entrance to the swamp I frequent.
It had just stopped raining and the sun popped out, lighting up the flowers and this Silver-spotted Skipper.
He was the only insect I noticed and well over 100 blooms were there for him to work over.
Prothonotary Warbler Checking On Nest
This Prothonotary Warbler’s nest is in that cavity, and the parent spent several minutes poking his head in, like he was moving something around.
I did not see if he brought something on this trip to the nest, like he did when I spotted the parent two days before: Prothonotary Warbler Bringing Food Home
The hole is about my eye level and I did see one chick beak when I passed by.
The parent did fly off with a fecal sac, something I hadn’t seen up close before.
Prothonotary Warbler Bringing Food Home
Sitting just off the trail this Prothonotary Warbler was perched, but not singing, which is a common behavior. I didn’t notice at first that his beak was stuffed with lunch.
Not for himself, but he was taking this meal to his nest.
He quickly stuck his head in…
then flew off for another serving.
I didn’t hear any chicks so suspect he was feeding his brooding mate.