Tag Archives: Brickyard Conservation Area
06.20.2022 Monochromatic Macro Monday-Tendril
Walking at the Brickyard Conservation Area this morning, I saw a lot of subjects for abstract or intimate images. I certainly didn’t set out with this visualized on my way there and it was the last image I made before … Continue reading
06.17.2022 Sedge Sprite
Lost in the fun and excitement of shooting the Golden-backed Snipe Fly was this colorful damselfly. I would have found it eventually but doing all my backing up today I came across it. Another first. Good season so far. Sedge … Continue reading
06.05.2022 Let me introduce you to my little friend
Off the top of my head, and so far during the time I have been photographing entomology subjects, this is probably my favorite insect, or maybe my favorite fly, and definitely my favorite snipe fly. While visiting Brickyard Conservation Area … Continue reading
10.21.2021 Should I or Shouldn’t I?
I debated whether this image was share worthy or not for quite a while. Made on the same day as the shapely dead tree and foliage at Brickyard, the light was not favorable. But the color was irresistible so I … Continue reading
09.09.2021 Golden Grass Meadow
Another image from my wander in Brickyard last Saturday.
09.05.2021 Lovely Mimic
One should be careful what you swat. I bet your first impulse is that this is a scary wasp or hornet and a threat. That was mine too. But it is a Hoverfly mimicking a hornet. Eastern Hornet Fly-Spilomyia longicornis. I … Continue reading
09.05.2021 Silent Sunday
Spotted Touch-me-not aka Jewelweed-Impatiens capensis
08.13.2021 Frog Friday-mini model
I was chasing a moth in Brickyard Meadow last Saturday when I saw something not much larger than the moth on a sensitive fern leaf a few inches away. Although it was partially hidden under another overhanging leaf and I … Continue reading
08.08.2020-2 Me and Greenie Down by the Brickyard
I had a nice morning with four herons. Two Great Blues and two Green. Three of the four were seriously into preening but every once in a while would strike a nice pose. Green Heron-Butorides virescens. In the order Pelecaniformes … Continue reading