Thankfully, towards the end, the rain let up and allowed for a beautiful evening. We drove to a nearby walk alongside the Northern Reaches of Lancaster Canal.
Pyrrhuloxia at Saguaro National Park West. This little guy was singing his heart out at a distance on top of cactus, then he flew into a tree right next to us and gave us an up close show.
Walking around with my camera + macro lens looking for small stuff has been a great way to discover species I had never even heard of. This long-horned bee is a great example! Super big and hairy (look at those hind legs!), covered in pollen, it was slowly moving from one flower to next and spent just enough time near me to capture a few shots.
All kinds of insects are flourishing this year, including the giant walking stick (Megaphasma denticrus). I had seen males before (left), but never a female (right). She is significantly larger than the male and the largest insect in the US.
"Her Glorious Kingdom"
I felt an instant rush of adrenalin as a beautiful lone cow moose came into view. She was standing at water's edge on a point at the opposite end of the small cove, drinking from the lakes cold clear water . . Read the rest of this story - here: https://pixels.com/featured/her-glorious-kingdom-scott-loring-davis.html
Not a great day birding in the Berkshires (western Massachusetts), but I did get some nice shots of male and female red-winged blackbirds. #birds#wildlifePhotography
This fine creature kept me company while I was eating dinner by a stream last week during my #backpacking trip in the White #Mountains, #NewHampshire. It just hung out on my boot while I enjoyed the sounds of the stream!
It regularly destroys my bird feeder, or knocks it to the ground, but when I go out to admonish it, the thing just comes up to me looking for peanuts. Hard to remain angry with something this cute, especially when it’s likely just hungry too.