Posted on January 31, 2023

Common Tody-Flycatcher: This uncommon flycatcher just caught a flying insect and was trying to sawallow it. It did so but with its back to me. I this bird from the second story at Le Diamante Vert where I’m staying.

Category: animal, bird, Nature, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged: animal, bird, common tody-flycatcher, Costa Rica, food, insect, le diamente vert, Uvita

A Steller Jay and a Meal

Posted on May 19, 2022

Steller Jay with an insect. — I did not realize that we had these beautiful steller jays in Sonoma County. I took this photo at the Spring Lake Regional Park, Santa Rosa, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Park, Photography, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, bird, California, eating, fauna, insect, meal, Santa Rosa, Spring Lake Regional Park, steller jay

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Aphids

Posted on March 11, 2022

Category: animal, California, Environment, flower, Macro, Nature, Photography, Sacramento Tagged: aphids, California, flora, flower, insect, invasion, pest, plant, purple, Sacramento

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Attempting to Land on a Persian Cornflower

Posted on January 4, 2021

Flower and Bees — This image was taken at Bees and Bloom a park and garden in Santa Rosa, California

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A Buckeye Butterfly on a Celosia Plant

Posted on December 12, 2020

butterfly and flower — This image was taken at Bees and Bloom a park and garden in Santa Rosa, California

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Yellow Crab Spider on a Strawflower

Posted on December 5, 2020

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Honey Bee on a Flower

Posted on December 3, 2020

Category: agriculture, animal, Environment, flower, Nature, Park, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: agriculture, bee, Bee and Bloom, black, body, bright, California, colorful, flower, fly, gathering, insect, insects, Nature, pink, plants, pollin, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, sting, wings

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Bumble Bee on a Flower

Posted on December 1, 2020

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Aging Dahlia and a Bee

Posted on October 18, 2020

Dahlia flower with a bee. — Photographed at the Happy Dahlia Farm in Petaluma, CA. They have some beautiful flowers. Here is the web link http://www.thehappydahliafarm.com/

Category: agriculture, California, flower, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: agriculture, beautiful, bee, bloom, blossom, California, cultivat, dahlia, Dahlia Farm, farm, fly, growing, horiculture, insect, Petaluma, pollen

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Camouflaged?

Posted on November 10, 2018

Dragon Fly landed on a textured barn siding. Peters Valley School of Crafts, Layton, NJ. July 29, 2013.

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May This Flower Brighten Your Day

Posted on August 25, 2018

Sunflower, Santa Rosa, CA. August 24, 2018

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Category: agriculture, California, Environment, flower, HDR, Photography, Sonoma County, Uncategorized Tagged: bee, bright, California, flower, glow, HDR, insect, intense, petals, Photography, Santa Rosa, seed, sun flower, sunflower, Timothy S. Allen, Yellow

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Cottonwood Hibiscus

Posted on May 19, 2018

The hibiscus tiliaceus is found in Taiwan. A tree with beautiful flowers is pollinated by insects such as the one found in this flower. Cheng long Village, Kohou Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan May 14, 2018