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Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Red-Headed Woodpecker
This Red-Headed Woodpecker was flying around City Park in Baton Rouge, unbeknownst to the kids having fun with more terrestrial pursuits. AllAboutBirds.com notes "These birds don’t act quite like most other woodpeckers: they’re adept at catching insects in the air, and they eat lots of acorns and beech nuts, often hiding away extra food in tree crevices for later."
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Roadrunner
This Roadrunner I met in Austin this weekend didn't feel comfortable enough to let me get close. He did however let me get close enough for a zoomed in shot.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Butterfies fill the air
Butterflies were all over the backyard Monday. This is the only one that would sit still for a portrait, though.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Beautifully ugly
My iguana friend kept a sharp eye on me, but still let me get more than a dozen pictures of him without flinching. This was as close as I felt like getting for fear of chasing him away -- I just wanted a good clear picture of his beastly bling bling.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Egret unruffled by my camera
You know that this egret had to feel pretty safe with me shooting pictures of him, if he took the time to scratch. There was a good bit of swamp between the two of us. Still, he was playing it pretty cool.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Flowers passionate about time
The Passion Flowers are still hanging around in the backyard, opening by day, closing by night -- floral clock style
Monday, April 2, 2012
Caterpillar strikes fear in his crawl
This prickly little caterpillar can put a whole can of hurt on you with his minute stingers. I have a close up below. I learned the hard way to stay plenty far away from these guys.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Tongue is bird's best tool
A sparrow performs magic with his tongue. After cracking a seed with his beak he uses his tongue to flit out the shell an preserve the tasty germ of the seed.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Food fights at the bird feeder are serious
I told you, stay away from my side of the bird feeder, you thief. The attacking sparrow, lets the snacker know he is serious by putting his claws on him.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Hummingbird -- That's a lot of nectar, by golly.
This is something new for the Hummingbirds that have been hanging around our backyard. This guy stands on top of the plastic petals and stares at the nectar reservoir. It's like he's planning how long it will take him to drink it all.
The rest of them will take their drink and then fly away or fly up to the top to play King on the Hummingbird Feeder -- chasing after any rival that comes near it -- including, one time, giving me a ear-popping buzzing as I was walking past.
Labels:
Beaumont,
birds,
Hummingbird,
nature,
Texas summer
Location:
Beaumont, TX
Friday, February 12, 2010
Smiley Gators
Well, snap my finger!
It looked like a chorus line of Alligator mississippiensis. They sat staring out at the crowds from their French Quarter shop perch. They seemed almost to be saying "Come on, snap me up."
Okay, it was a bad joke, but I tried didn't I?
-steve buser
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Black-Crowned Night Heron
I go all over the place trying to find these birds, then I walk out my door a few months back to find one is there in the ditch. This is a Black-Crowned Night Heron.
--steve buser
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Giraffe ballet anyone?
A little giraffe ballet anyone? These giraffes were just checking me out -- trying to guess if I was going to feed them or something. I was standing about eight feet back from the fence at Global Wildlife Center in Folsom, LA. Nonetheless, the attendant wandered over and suggested that giraffes have a longer reach than that, should they decide to lean across. I had no problem moving back.
--steve buser
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Monday, January 18, 2010
Giraffe, eye-to-eye.
Seeing wildlife is an up close and personal thing at the Global Wildlife Center near Folsom, LA, north of New Orleans. The animals come up to the wagon train to eat from the visitors' food cups.
--steve buser
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Saturday, January 2, 2010
Crystal flowers from Yellowstone
I love these lovely crystalline structures that grow in the pools of geysers at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Unless I am mistaken, that is a quarter that someone dropped (hopefully accidentally) on the "flower" -- it gives a sense of the dimension.
--steve buser
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Cool journey home
In the cool of the evening and in frigid mountain waters, this gal was slowly making her way back home up in the mountains. This is on the west side of Yellowstone National Park, shortly before you exit the park.
--steve buser
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Chipmunk
This little chipmunk pounced out of the rocks in front of us on this trip to Colorado. I don't think it was because he was not afraid of us -- more than he just wasn't paying attention to us.
--steve buser
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Sunset breath-stealer at the Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon at sunset is one of the real treats at this national park. There are good spots and better spots to do this. We kept traveling along the rim of the Canyon looking for that perfect spot. Finally as the hour grew late, we pulled into a parking area and found a "suck-the-breath-out-of-your-lungs" view. The scenery, the colors, and the shadows made a constant play as the sinking sun skimmed its rays over anything it could still hit.
--steve buser
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Sniping Stripes --Zebras zerks
--steve buser
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