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Butterfly – European Cabbage
It’s quite an effort to get a couple of shots of this off white butterfly because it’s in the air all the time. In the blazing mid day Sun, I followed this little creamy number from my backyard to the...
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Butterfly – National Butterfly Awareness Day
Today is National Butterfly Awareness Day in the U.S. Bay Checkerspot Butterfly Today, I have a special visitor in my backyard – The Bay Checkerspot Butterfly, a gorgeous creature currently on the...
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Butterfly – A Skipper
Out chasing a Swallowtail butterfly to no prevail, but encountered this little orange thing flirting with my lens, screaming “Me! Take a photo of me!!” So I did… An Orange Thing with Big Black Eyes A...
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Butterfly – Swallowtail (鳳蝶)
A Swallowtail Butterfly is visiting our bougainvillea vines on a daily basis. The challenge is how to capture some good shots of this beauty on my camera… While doing dishes in the kitchen, my twins,...
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Road Trip – Day 7 A Mission Blue at Sonoma Coast
I was standing on the edge of the bluffs at Sonoma Coast, hoping to get a closer shot of the seals down below. This beautiful butterfly fluttered into my lens. It’s yet another great gift to me from...
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Road Trip – Day 7 Twin Butterflies in Point Reyes
It was a Saturday afternoon when we arrived in Point Reyes. The visitor’s center was closed so my husband took to his iPad for a general map. Two Butterflies chasing each other A Mating Dance? While...
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Butterfly – Swallowtail, take 2
I want to take better photos of this Swallowtail Butterfly visiting me around noon everyday. Following my fellow blogger Chun‘s advice of lowest ISO and biggest aperture under the bright Sun, I was...
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Butterfly – European Cabbage, take 2
European Cabbage Butterflies are common here, but it doesn’t mean it’s any easier to get a good photo of them. European Cabbage White on Lantana I had to chase this one all the way to the foot of my...
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Butterfly – Swallowtail, take 3
I believe if you want something bad enough, you will get it.:-) Dreams do come true! A Swallowtail Butterfly on Lantana I need this Swallowtail Butterfly to pose for me so I can get some decent shots...
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Butterfly – Another Skipper
I read that skipper butterfly lives one year or less… I hope this lovely thing survives beyond this winter. A Skipper Butterfly landing on my Persimmon Tree It bravely allowed me to get really close...
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Butterfly – Meeting her End
I was surprised to see this Cabbage White late in the evening. My understanding was that butterflies are cold-blooded insects that can only fly well when their body temperatures are above 70 degrees F...
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Monarch Butterfly
The Monarch Butterflies are here!!! Monarch Butterfly More Butterflies than Leaves… There are tens and thousands of them on their way south, a spectacular migration only seen on the America continent....
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More Monarch Butterflies
I spent over two hours watching these Monarch butterflies. Two happy hours!! The butterfly in the title photo has a broken wing and was on the ground without much movement. That brought up the question...
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Spider
Start of the season Autumn is also the beginning of finding spiders to photograph. Found a spider this morning The spider and its cobweb They are busy catching dying bugs and butterflies as food for...
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Big Sur
Wildflowers are still blooming in Big Sur. Patches of California Poppies in Big Sur The Coastline of Big Sur Bixby Bridge of Big Sur Come see for yourself. Another view of the Big Sur Coastline Do you...
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Save Monarch Butterflies
It’s that time of the year again – Monarch Butterflies migrate south passing by the San Francisco Bay Area. A pair of Monarch Butterflies dancing in the blue sky In the past 20 years, the total number...
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