Favorite Pics of 2011, Part II

Theme 177 from Carmi of Written, Inc.: Favorite photos of the year. Second installment, July through December:

July: Some Enchanted Ducky Evening and Cardinalis cardinalis, concerned mom





August: Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Eastern Black Swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes - Schiller Park, and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus







September: Cacapon Mountain and deer orbs!





October: hibiscus at Frank Fetch Park and can a kitty get some petting around here?





November: Bambi don't rake and helping zrm





December: MEESE, ROCK, and Potomac River 2







Thanks for viewing and common-tating, people. And HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Favorite Pics of 2011, Part I

Theme 177 from Carmi of Written, Inc.: Favorite photos of the year. First installment, January through June:

January: Orbs from Friday Night


February: This Is Our House - Let Us In!


March: A Suet Day For Golf


April: We're going for a two point conversion...fish versus bird and Mourning Cloak butterfly.



May: David Brooks' Raptor Jesus scoop


June: Clouded Sulphur, Colias philodice


(Cross-posted at Whiskey Fire. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.)
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Christmas Presence

I brought you a house,



a birdie,



a rooster,



some horses,



juniper berries for gin,



and some eerie deer.







And a napkin!


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Happy Holidays!

Have some pics of the Columbus sky, and of a hawk that might be the same one I saw flying around here last month.









The Sparrow Commission meets to discuss the hawk.



A Hearty War On Christmas Happy Holidays! to everyone, brought to you by Pink Saturday Cab.



I see you and raise, Tengrain!



(Cross-posted at Whiskey Fire. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.)
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Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus

Meanwhile, the flimsy, reassembled half-a-suet-feeder has bitten the dust. Time for a new model.





UPDATE: For the Porpoises of Comparison












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It's beginning to look a lot like orbmass II

From West Virgina:







And Columbus, Ohio:




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Downy at Dusk

It was getting near dusk, the G12 was downstairs, and my old Canon A710 was on the table. So here's a couple shots of a bold Downy Woodpecker at dusk, taken with the A710.





It seems I haven't retrieved the pictures from this camera in a while. This photo was taken in Columbus back in November.



Does anyone remember when it was green and sunny? These are from October.





(Cross-posted at Whiskey Fire. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.)
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