Category: Nature

Views of nature and the natural world. Plants, animals, and wildlife from around the world.

Thursday (05-April-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

With nothing much left to eat, the deer are keeping the grass in my backyard short. How many deer ticks are they leaving behind???


Monday (02-April-2018) — New Jersey

Early Springtime Backyard Nature in New Jersey. April Snow.

Not an April fools joke. When I woke before sunrise this morning there were a dozen deer in the backyard, and light rain. By the time that the sun came up, hidden by the clouds, it started to snow. At first it melted, but then started to remain on the ground. Remember those daffodils from yesterday. Well they are now covered with snow…

April Snow -- Winter is not gone. Image taken with a Leica CL camera and 18 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 18 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec). 5 (David J Mathre)
April Snow — Winter is not gone. Image taken with a Leica CL camera and 18 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 18 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec). 5 (David J Mathre)
Birdbath statue with snow in April -- Winter is not gone. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/4.5, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)
Bird bath statue with snow in April — Winter is not gone. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/4.5, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)
Birdbath statue with snow in April -- Winter is not gone. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/3.5, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Bird bath statue with snow in April — Winter is not gone. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/3.5, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Bird tracks in April snow -- Winter is not gone. Image taken with a Leica CL camera and 18 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 18 mm, f/4.5, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)
Bird tracks in April snow — Winter is not gone. Image taken with a Leica CL camera and 18 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 18 mm, f/4.5, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)
Lonely daffodil with snow in April -- Winter is not gone. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/6.3, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Lonely daffodil with snow in April — Winter is not gone. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/6.3, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Lonely daffodil with snow in April -- Winter is not gone. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/5, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)
Lonely daffodil with snow in April — Winter is not gone. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/5, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)

 

Sunday (01-April-2018) — New Jersey

Early Springtime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Some of my first daffodils to bloom this spring. These are ones that I planted three years ago. They are not as early blooming as the ones across the street. I hope that the prediction for snow tomorrow is an April fools joke.



Individual images in the slide show can be viewed here.