Butterfly

1) Red Spotted Purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
2)Red Spotted Purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
3) Ruby throated hummingbird
Carol

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Chief_waterchanger

Wow, nice pic!

Martinismommy

How breathtaking.....That is a very awesome photo! Looks great in the Avatar....

Dino

Yeah, the hummers have been tearing around the feeder here too.

Great pictures!!!

Lucy

Oh, how pretty! Thanks for posting them.

Butterfly

thanks
This fella was on the railing eating a bug the other night when I took collin out for a walk
Carol

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Shawnie

I love them all!! we just put up a hummingbird feeder as we saw one a couple weeks ago..but since we put one up, we havent seen one

mrsmuffin

Wow! Those pics are great!

Slug

Awesome! I've been trying to get some good hummingbird shots for ages! Nice job.

Butterfly

Thanks everybody
There is a grossly ugly, rusted metal pole cemented into the corner of my front yard. It will be almost an impossibility to remove it so I got disgusted and covered it with Morning Glories, Mandevila Vine and humming bird feeders LOL. It's covered more now than it was hahaha
As I was taking those a Dragon Fly stopped by
Carol

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Shawnie

AWESOME camo!! do you do anything special for the humming birds or just have the nectar out there?

Butterfly

I buy the mix powder mix with water and change it every two days. The nectar will ruin in this heat if not changed often. Other than that just fill it and hang
Carol

Butterfly

Thanks. It just came an perched and posed on my huge red Begonia while we were on the deck. As most anybody can tell Butterflies are one of my favorite things
Shawnie- sometimes it takes them a bit to figure out you have hung food out for them. They especially need it right now while its so hot and flowers are wilting. Hang in there.
Slug- thanks That was a pure accident. He was moving from one feeder port to another so fast most of the pics were just blurs.
Heres what we found on the tire this morning when we went out. Is it a chameleon? Any ideas ?

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Fishies-for-me

You can also make your own hummingbird nectar by boiling 4 parts water with one part sugar. ( boiling will sterilize anything in the water). Cool it and store extra in the fridge...a lot cheaper than the nectar mixes.No need to add the red coloring and some people advise against it.

Butterfly

You are so right Thats what I used to do but seems I don't have time to do much of anything from scratch any more. The mix isn't really expensive so I took the easy way out
Carol

Slug

Thats the way we make it. Seems to work just fine.

COBettaCouple

Beautiful pics, Carol!

Dino

Looks more like a young swift species than an anole, Carol.