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August 6th, 2008
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| Look what visited me ...
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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August 6th, 2008
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| | King of Curt
| Wow, nice pic!  | |
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August 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| How breathtaking.....That is a very awesome photo! Looks great in the Avatar.... | |
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August 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Yeah, the hummers have been tearing around the feeder here too.
Great pictures!!! | 
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August 6th, 2008
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| Oh, how pretty! Thanks for posting them. | |
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August 6th, 2008
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| thanks
This fella was on the railing eating a bug the other night when I took collin out for a walk
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August 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| 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  | |
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August 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Wow! Those pics are great! | |
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August 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Awesome! I've been trying to get some good hummingbird shots for ages! Nice job. | |
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August 6th, 2008
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| 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
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August 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| AWESOME camo!! do you do anything special for the humming birds or just have the nectar out there? | |
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August 6th, 2008
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| 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
Last edited by Butterfly; August 6th, 2008 at 05:31 PM.
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August 7th, 2008
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Originally Posted by Martinismommy  How breathtaking.....That is a very awesome photo! Looks great in the Avatar.... | 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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August 7th, 2008
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| 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. | |
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August 7th, 2008
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Originally Posted by 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. | 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
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August 7th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Quote:
Originally Posted by 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. | Thats the way we make it. Seems to work just fine. | |
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August 9th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| Beautiful pics, Carol!  | |
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August 9th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Looks more like a young swift species than an anole, Carol. | |
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August 9th, 2008
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Originally Posted by Dino Looks more like a young swift species than an anole, Carol. | Thanks Dino. He was pretty "swift" when he ran away
Carol | |
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August 12th, 2008
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| When I came in from work today my husband showed me a Moth that had been on the carport ceiling last night when he came in from work.
It was huge! tip to tip on wing span was from my wrist to the end of my middle finger (8 inches). We thought it was dead but when I touched it it spread a second set of rear wings that looked like they had eyes on them. Altogether a beautiful surprise
Also my moon flowers are blooming. They start opening when it gets dusk and are gone by dawn.
1) Antheraea polyphemus moth (as we first saw it)
2) Antheraea polyphemus Moth after spreading wings
3) Eyes
4) Moon Flower
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August 12th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Beautiful pictures. I have seen more butterflies around this year than in a long time, I love them.
We had a giant moth on the porch the other day it was bigger than my hands put together, and lime green colored, I wish I had taken a picture of it.
The hummingbirds around here are such pigs they fly around mad if the feeders are empty, so beautiful to watch. | |
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August 12th, 2008
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| Thanks. Don't the hummingbirds make a funny sound when the feeders are empty? LOL
I was shocked to see how big that Moth was.
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August 12th, 2008
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| Yea, the moths are pretty big this year as well, the last one I saw the size of the one on my porch was when I was a teenager. Theres some beautiful creatures outside this summer!!
I love to sit and watch the hummingbirds. | |
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August 14th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
|  What a moth!! | |
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August 14th, 2008
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Originally Posted by COBettaCouple What a moth!! | Hubby thought it was dead and knowing my love butterflies and such showed it to me. when I reached to touch it it popped the bottom set of wings out and I squealed like a little girl LOL It was truly beautiful.
I have been truly blessed with little creatures the last couple of weeks.
Oh yeah, we saw seven deer on the way to work
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