Wildlife & Related

[Bailey Guns]

Well now...that's just cool. But I can understand her worry about her cat.

[Irving]

I thought this might be a day fly, but I looked it up and it doesn't look the same. Anyone know what this is?

[newracer]

Pelecinid wasp


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[hurley842002]

Wife wouldn't get back into the pool until I removed this guy from the bottom of the pool. Used the boys water squirter toy and saved the day.

[Irving]

Pelecinid wasp

Thanks.

Wife wouldn't get back into the pool until I removed this guy from the bottom of the pool. Used the boys water squirter toy and saved the day.

Women...

[Bailey Guns]

Caught them taking a shortcut thru my garden on their way up to the roosting tree.

[William]

^ awesome

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[buffalobo]

Definitely smokable.

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[Irving]

I'm amazed at the constant parade of flying insects that have been attracted by our garden. I only have a few decent shots of them, but I've definitely seen stuff I've never seen before.

I took this one today and didn't get as close as I'd have liked. This guy appears to be an all black bee. If you can zoom in on any of these, you get a better view.



I think this guy is a hornet of some kind. He was drinking from a puddle after I had just watered.



Just a run of the mill LadyBug on a run of the mill Marigold, but he wasn't moving around much so the picture came out well.



Couple of bees, one of them drinking water off the leaves I had just watered.

[Hummer]

A handsome male Black-chinned Hummingbird. Note the eyelashes, actually comprised of tiny feathers which protect the eye.



Here's an adult female Rufous Hummingbird, on her southbound migration from Alaska to Mexico for the winter.





Hummer
aka the Hummingbird Tactician