David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Raccoons got into the composting tube of my Tower Garden again. Infrared videos taken with a Distianert “Critter Cam”. The cactus plant I put on top of the cover to the composting tube didn’t bother the raccoon. It may be time to set up the electric fence this year.
The plum-tree is fully in bloom. Unfortunately, I never get any plums off the tree? The flowers only remain for a few days, but keep the bees busy. One last fancy daffodil is in bloom on the north side of the house.
A pair of wary deer, various birds at the bird feeder, and adding worms to the composting tube in the Garden Tower. It is finally warm enough to start planting seedlings in the Garden Tower.
Daily images. In the morning an American Goldfinch at the bird feeder. In the afternoon some late-blooming fancy daffodils, garlic mustard flowers (invasive weed), grape hyacinth flowers (invasive weed), violet flowers, carpenter bees, and a wary doe. I had to spend a lot of time trying to capture the carpenter bees in flight. Ultimately, I managed to capture a couple of images by using manual focus. (Individual images from the slide show can be viewed here.)
Dogwood Flowers. The flowers were so far up the tree that I had to use a big telephoto lens. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 320, 600 mm, f/4, 1/2500 sec).
