Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.
Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly on a Thistle Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens
David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly on a Thistle Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens
Monarch Butterfly on a Thistle Bloom. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens (ISO 100, 300 mm, f/2.8, 1/1000 sec).
The second set of images for today. Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly, Hummingbird Clearwing moth, Praying Mantis (that just missed catching a Hummingbird Clearwing moth for Lunch), and a Bee. They were all attracted to the Thistle flowers. I missed most of the butterfly and clearwing butterfly moth season while having my cataract surgery. My eyes are healing, I am seeing better, and now finally getting used to being out in the sun (with wrap-around sunglasses).
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There will be two sets images for today. The first group will be some very small wildflowers, a grass seed head, and thistle flowers. My eyes are healing after cataract surgery, and I am getting better and used to being out in the sun (with wrap-around sunglasses).
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