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Happy solstice all! Here are a few pics to start the new thread out with. Deer running nearby as I pulled up to the meadow:  Pretty flower:  Angry swallow:  The swallows seem to have decided the entire meadow is theirs, so they dive-bomb me every time I walk around. It took all my willpower not to duck as they dove within a foot of my face! |
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« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2011, 04:24:40 PM » |
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Wow! That swallow does look angry.
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« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2011, 05:55:05 PM » |
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Nothing says summer like giant Minnesota mosquitos! A frame from "Proboscis", my indie film (soon to be out on DVD!) Shot from a float plane, with me hanging out the door (securely tethered, of course). It was hard to train the giant mutant mosquito to fly next to the chase plane, but we successfully baited him with bags of blood from a local clinic.   Proboscis by johnchamilton, on Flickr |
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« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2011, 01:12:55 PM » |
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It's been way too hot outside lately, but it finally cooled down a bit, so I went out and took some pictures. Found a damselfly:  And a hummingbird clearwing moth, which I've been wanting to see for a long time!  |
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« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2011, 10:49:08 AM » |
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Nothing says summer like giant Minnesota mosquitos! A frame from "Proboscis", my indie film (soon to be out on DVD!) Shot from a float plane, with me hanging out the door (securely tethered, of course). It was hard to train the giant mutant mosquito to fly next to the chase plane, but we successfully baited him with bags of blood from a local clinic. Proboscis by johnchamilton, on Flickr Ah that is awesome! haha nice work. |
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« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2011, 10:37:43 PM » |
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wowwwwww lovely
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« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2011, 06:27:16 PM » |
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 Sunflowers next to cornfields and hungry critters that weren't supposed to be in the picture! |
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« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2011, 12:59:18 PM » |
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Sunflowers next to cornfields and hungry critters that weren't supposed to be in the picture!
I'm assuming this is before the drought? Pics I've been seeing down your way show the sunflowers all brown and shriveled. Or are they exaggerating? |
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« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2011, 01:46:25 PM » |
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Oh wow! There are some cool pictures in here!  I especially like the hummingbird moth and swallow pics, i've never seen those before!  |
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« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2011, 04:13:45 AM » |
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Yeah, it was way before the drought, Annie. It's been terrible, water restrictions, scorched and cracked earth. 110 degrees all week this week.  |
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« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2011, 12:44:46 PM » |
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The bugs were out today (unfortunately, that included mosquitoes!) Wandering Glider Dragonfly:  Sweetflag Spreadwing Damselfly:  Forktail Damselfly:  Beetle on some flowers:  |
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« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2011, 11:45:46 AM » |
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I love the action shots. The little swallow looks like it turned into an Alfred Hitchcock bird.
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« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2011, 07:41:12 PM » |
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Yeah, it was way before the drought, Annie. It's been terrible, water restrictions, scorched and cracked earth. 110 degrees all week this week. That sounds awful. Those poor sunflowers. |
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« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2011, 08:56:17 PM » |
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Lots of creepy crawlies in here... |
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« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2011, 05:19:34 AM » |
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How pretty! I've never been to New Hampshire before, but it looks very green. |
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« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2011, 05:54:15 AM » |
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I'm from New Hampshire! Brian--great shots! I go to Echo Lake in Franconia Notch a few times every summer, and it is, indeed, a beautiful place. It's the White Mountains!
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« Reply #18 on: August 13, 2011, 07:20:53 AM » |
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Thanks Jessica. Tom, since you mentioned Echo Lake...   Wow! That's it. Thanks, Brian. Jessica, that's the Cannon Mountain ski slopes on the right of the picture--swim in the lake and dream about snow. Come on down, or up, or over, whatever it is. We've got some great bugs, too. |
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« Reply #20 on: August 13, 2011, 07:44:01 AM » |
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Great pics, Jessica.
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« Reply #21 on: August 13, 2011, 08:22:56 AM » |
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Olallie Lake olovely. Thank you.
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« Reply #22 on: August 14, 2011, 08:57:10 AM » |
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It's a beautiful day out today and I'll probably go out again later, but here's a daily dose of some bugs. A big old bumblebee. I'm not sure why he wasn't flying away, but his wings might have been too tattered.  Grasshopper hiding in the rocks. He was very patient as I took pictures too.  Monarch butterfly.  I think this is a ruby meadowhawk dragonfly.  |
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« Reply #23 on: August 15, 2011, 08:57:53 PM » |
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How big was that bee? It was probably a little beat up, they don't normally rest on leaves all that much  |
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« Reply #24 on: August 16, 2011, 06:04:53 AM » |
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He was pretty big. I wasn't sure if he was just too cold, wet, or beat up, but I'm guessing beat up. As soon as I noticed him there on the leaf, I knew I had to get some pictures since he didn't look like he was going anywhere! I was able to move some pieces of grass off him without him moving away.
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