fred walsh photos: 2010

Friday, July 16, 2010

Woolly Bear Caterpillar eating Texas Lantana

The next 25 pictures have been entered in the National Wildlife Federation Photo Contest which closed on July 6th, 2010. Winners will be announced in December 2010. This is my second entry of 25 pictures. Wish me luck. I've never done this kind of thing before.

Yellow Warbler

Black Throated Green Warbler

Black Necked Stilt

Eastern Phoebe

Brown Pelican

Red Crowned Parrot

Baltimore Oriole - Male

Altamira Oriole

Red Breasted Nuthatch

Mink

Ruby Throated Hummingbird, female

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

Great Blue Heron

Pied Billed Grebe

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Snowy Egret

Black Capped Chickadee

This picture was entered in the National Wildlife Federation Photo contest.

Northern Cardinal, male

This picture was entered in the National Wildlife Federation Photo Contest.

Bumble Bee

This picture was entered in the National Wildlife Federation Photo Contest.

Assassin bug on Woolly Butterfly Bush

This picture was entered in the National Wildlife Federation Photo Contest.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Red Squirrel

This picture was taken on May 17th, 2010 in our back yard.

Water Lillies

These pictures were taken on May 27th & 29th, 2010 in our back yard. All of the flowers in our back yard including the ones in the pond are about three weeks early this year because of our very warm and early spring.

Lady Slipper

These pictures were taken on May 27th, 2010 in our back yard.

Blue Jay

These pictures were taken on May 17th, 2010 in our back yard.

Iris

This picture was taken on June 7th, 2010 in our back yard.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird, male

These pictures were taken on June 7th, 2010 in our back yard. Getting good, interesting shots of these guys is very difficult. For instance on these shots I was trying to get the flower and the bird in focus. I was using a Canon 40D with a 100-400mm lens. Camera settings were f8, 1/8000 of a second, ISO=800, focal length of 400mm using a flash with a better beamer attached and it was sunny. What I didn't achieve was getting the flourescent red on his neck and I didn't manage to stop movement of his wings, but I'll keep trying until I get it right.

Rose Breasted Grosbeak, male

This picture was taken on May 17th, 2010 in our back yard.

Canada Goose

This picture was taken on May 22nd, 2010 in our back yard. That's Dad bringing up the rear. Mom is up front just out of the picture leading the way. Mom always leads the way and Dad always stays behind to guard against predators coming from the rear. What about predators coming from in front Dad?