Doves on the Feeder
Birds of Villa Ndio
This blog post will be updated with each new sighting! Beginning in late Spring 2019 we have put out feeders and suet balls to attract birds to the Villa Ndio garden. The result was an immediate increase in bird activity, and as the birds developed confidence they began visiting these new food sources laden with birdseed purchased by the bagfull at the nearby grocery store. Continue reading “Birds of Villa Ndio”
European Blue Tit in the Villa Ndio Garden
Speckled Yellow — Pseudopanthera macularia
Longwood Gardens Bouquet
Longwood Gardens is a marvelous botanical garden with over 4 million square meters of garden flowers, wild flowers, parks and meadows, and a large conservatory to protect weather sensitive plants. Some friends and I explored the gardens on an overcast day. I had some of my best cameras and lenses with me.
Great Blue Herons on the James River by Richmond
The James flows through Richmond bringing with it an abundance of fish and waterfowl. It was fun to run along a catwalk that lies atop a pipeline that extends below a railroad track that runs along the river, and catch up with some herons fishing and a river snake sunbathing.
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James River Pipeline Walkway
Great Blue Heron Diving for a Catch
Female Speckled Wood Butterfly in the Villa Ndio Garden
Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera) on a Dandelion in the Villa Ndio Garden
