Monday (15-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

My Troll found some big white mushrooms in the woods at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens.


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Monday (15-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

American Goldfinch Really Love Fresh Thistle Seeds. Sourland Mountain Preserve. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 sec).

Goldfinch Feeding on Thistle Seeds. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens. (David J Mathre)
Goldfinch Feeding on Thistle Seeds. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens. (David J Mathre)

Monday (15-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

I finally spotted a Clearwing Hummingbird Moth today at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. The Fuji X-T1 does not focus as fast as my Nikon camera bodies, but I was able to get two images before it flew off. It was extracting nectar from a Blue Chicory flower. In the past I have found them working the Thistle blooms. Summer Nature in New Jersey. Images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens.

Hummingbird Clearwing Moth Feeding on a Chicory Flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens. (David J Mathre)
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth Feeding on a Chicory Flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens. (David J Mathre)
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth Feeding on a Chicory Flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens. (David J Mathre)
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth Feeding on a Chicory Flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens. (David J Mathre)

Monday (15-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Walkabout at the Sourland Mountain Preserve this morning. Images of Dragonflies (having sex), Butterflies, a Canada Goose with an attitude, and a frog. Images of the Clearwing Hummingbird Moth, American Goldfinch, and my Troll with some large white mushrooms are in different posts. Images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens.


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Three-Years Ago (15-August-2013) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens. (185 mm, equivalent to 500 mm on a 35 mm sensor).

Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 185 mm, f/5, 1/80 sec). (David J Mathre)
Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 185 mm, f/5, 1/80 sec). (David J Mathre)
Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 185 mm, f/5, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)
Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 185 mm, f/5, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)
Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 185 mm, f/5, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)
Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 185 mm, f/5, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)