Some KY shots

[WannaDig3687]

We went to visit my in-laws last weekend in western KY. I had plenty of photo opportunities as they Have a Butterfly bush in their rock garden.


This is a bumble bee hummingbird. Boy, are they fast!

They are about the size of your thumb and really do look like a bumble bee.

I took hundreds (or tried) of pics and these three are the only half-way decent ones.


I forget what kind of flower this was. I only took two pics of it. My father-in-law really liked this pic.

Again, I don't know the flower. There is a bee in there.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail More pics below





I believe this is a Spicebush Swallowtail

Or maybe it is a Dk Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail More pics below

Tawny Emperor

American Lady













Eastern Tiger Swallowtail





I went ahead and posted this one. After I cropped it, I noticed I had the other butterfly in the background and I thought it added to the photo.

This tree frog had himself positioned on the barn right under the light. Supper time!

Thanks for looking!

~Sis

 

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[Simon1]

Very pretty pictures Sis and so colorful In my youth ( ), I could have named off all the names of those butterflies and moth, but now

 

[Kray Gelder]

Some wonderful photos. Love those butterflies. The first critter is actually a hummingbird moth. Tree frogs are cool. The definition of just hangin' out.

 

[Simon1]

Kray is right, hummingbird moth. Bumblebee hummingbirds do exist, but mainly portions of lower Mexico. Still, EXCELLENT pictures.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Then, last night, I took some pics. None of them turned out very good, but I wanted to share. Mr Wd had passed this dead raccoon on the road in front of our house. Another car was coming the other way, and, as it passed, he looked in the rearview mirror. To his surprise the raccoon stood up! Then, he noticed it was stumbling around like a drunken pirate. Well, he went about his business of yard work, while I was out digging up fence. I guess we were at it for a couple hours. My arms were shaky and I was beat, so I called it quits. MR WD came in the house and asked if I wanted to take pics of a raccoon. Well, YEAH! He told me what he had seen earlier and thinks it may have distemper or something. An impromptu photographer I am not. I couldn't get it figured out for anything.




He/she was eating the minnows that the bass had knocked out of the water. I watched him fall down a couple times.


Then I heard this killdeer carrying on.

Apparently she was calling her chick

Oh there were 2

I watched and tried to get a pic. Those 2 chicks crawled up under her wings. As I was going through the pics, this was the only decent one that came out. As I was editing it, low and behold, I noticed a third chick!

 

[Simon1]

" Chic Magnet "

 

[WannaDig3687]

Some wonderful photos. Love those butterflies. The first critter is actually a hummingbird moth. Tree frogs are cool. The definition of just hangin' out.

Thanks, Kray. Some how I knew you would be one to help me ID and get it straight.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Very pretty pictures Sis and so colorful In my youth ( ), I could have named off all the names of those butterflies and moth, but now

Not me. But my daughter sure can!

Kray is right, hummingbird moth. Bumblebee hummingbirds do exist, but mainly portions of lower Mexico. Still, EXCELLENT pictures.

Thank you, Simon. I will use that information when I clarify the ID to my father-in-law.

" Chic Magnet "

LOL!

 

[RustyRelics]

Beautiful photos, WD! Now you have to see my part of the state when it's springtime, and everything is blooming, and the turkeys come out in droves.

 

[Simon1]

Beautiful photos, WD! Now you have to see my part of the state when it's springtime, and everything is blooming, and the turkeys come out in droves.

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And the Copperheads and Water Moccasins........................

 

[SD51]

Love the pics! Looks like a great place to vacation!

 

[civilman1]

The butterflies have got to be in heaven by the looks of it!! Great pics

 

[worldtalker]

Cool shots Sis,that flower with the bee is a hollyhock.

GOD Bless

Chris

 

[Peyton Manning]

Those are some excellent pics. Nice to know you are good at something

 

[WannaDig3687]

Beautiful photos, WD! Now you have to see my part of the state when it's springtime, and everything is blooming, and the turkeys come out in droves.

Thank you, Rusty. We did see a turkey, but I didn't have the camera. I don't think I have ever even driven through your neck of the woods.

 

[WannaDig3687]

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And the Copperheads and Water Moccasins........................

There are four venomous snakes in Kenucky: Copperhead, Pigmy rattlesnake, Timber rattlesnake, and Western Cottonmouth. All four can be found in the region my in-laws live.

 

[WannaDig3687]

The butterflies have got to be in heaven by the looks of it!! Great pics

Thank you civilman1. They really loved that butterfly bush. We used to have one, but it died after one year. I think I want to get a couple more and try again.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Cool shots Sis,that flower with the bee is a hollyhock.

GOD Bless

Chris

Thank you, Chris. Ah, yes, hollyhock. I was on information overload.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Those are some excellent pics. Nice to know you are good at something

Thank you Peyton. That was very nice of you.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Love the pics! Looks like a great place to vacation!

Sorry, SD, I missed your post. Thank you, I am glad you like them. We used to go down to Lake Malone which is sort of close. Big bass in that lake!