November 7, 2008 - Turtle Nesting Series

I thought I would share a series I did up from some photos I took a few years ago of a 'Northern Painted Turtle' nesting.

Meet our new Mom, the 'Northern Painted Turtle'

Mom now backed into position and digging out the nest,,,,

Almost done digging,,,,

Fillin' er up now,,,,,

One more should just about do it,,,,


All full, now for the covering up, then will be all finish!LOL Now I ask,,,"Where did she have all those???"
Note: I can't figure out why, but the last photo got rotated.

I hope you enjoyed this series as much as I did photographing it.

November 6, 2008 ~ Butterflies

Here a few photos of a couple different butterflies I photograph in my garden this summer. At first I thought maybe they were male (the smaller lighter colored ones) and female (the larger yellow ones). But turns out I am told, the larger yellows are "Tiger Swallowtail" and the smaller lighter ones are "Zebra" They sure did pose nicely for me LOL!!!

Here are two photos of the 'Tiger Swallowtail'. I Just love the coloring by the tails!

Here are the 'Zebra' butterflies. I'm not if they are called 'Zebra Swallowtail' or just 'Zebra' butterflies.

I hope you enjoyed today's photos. Please do leave comments, I do enjoy reading them and would like to get to know my viewers.

Blessings,

~~Rainbow Rose Connie

November 5, 2008 - Not Ready To Let Go Of Summer Yet!!!

This little guy is patiently waiting for it's parents to come by with food! This is a little 'Tree Swallow' baby

Here we have a 'Black-capped' chickadee waiting and watching.

This is a 'Chestnut-backed' chickadee. Looks as if to say "Whatcha Doin?"