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On The Road, Photos-Birds, Photos-Flowers, Plants, Trees, Photos-Landscapes, Poetry

~Patterns~

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Woven into the fabric of existence,

each displayed uniquely by design, 

are patterns of nature,

to be seen everywhere you look.

~

Scripted with beauty,

designed for survival,

equal partners in life’s equation,

both to be admired.

~

Scripted for Beauty
Common Ground Dove
Common Ground Dove
Note the pattern on the head
Hunting for grit along a trail
Hunting for grit along a trail
Designed for Survival
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Designed for Survival
Berry Delight
Berries
Unwanted invasive species; however pretty!
Scorched Palm Tree
Pretty in Yellow (Violet Species perhaps)
Lily Pads Designed for beauty or to assist many?
Lily Pads
Scripted for beauty?
Beautiful Pattern
Beautiful Pattern
Survival?
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
What a Beauty
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Mockingbird
Patterns of nature along a trail
Patterns of nature along a trail
Pine Bark
Even Beauty in Pine Bark

Enjoy Nature’s Patterns

At Home, Photos-Bugs, Butterflies, etc., Photos-Flowers, Plants, Trees

Photos: ~Berries and Bees~

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Autumn Leaf and Berries
Autumn Leaf and Berries

Don’t ask me why I photography berries, because I can’t tell you. Just know that when I come across wild berries, as I am out walking around, I enjoy photographing them.

Red Berries `Close Up
Red Berries `Close Up

These images were taken September 5, 2013 a few miles from my home in the Big Thompson Canyon.

Feathery Vine and Black Berries
Feathery Vine and Black Berries `Close-Up
Red Berries and Vines
Red Berries and Vines
Feathery Vines and Black Berries
Feathery Vines and Black Berries
Black Berries`Close-Up
Black Berries`Close-Up

Below are a few more bee images, I took this day. Honey and Red-tailed Bees feeding on some beautiful purple flowers.

 

Hiding in the Blue Tips
Hiding in Blue Tips
Hanging Up-side down (Red-tailed Bee)
Hanging Up-side down (Red-tailed Bee)
Purple Bee Rhapsody
Purple Bee Rhapsody
On The Road, Photos-Birds

SBS: ~Cedar Waxwing~

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Sheila’s Bird Shots: ~Cedar Waxwing~

~ Onyx Eyes ~
~ Onyx Eyes ~

gazing down at me 

onyx eyes tell a story

leave me be, resting

            By Sheila: August 23, 2013

I photographed these Cedar Waxwings in March, 2013 at South Llano State Park. Waxwings are gregarious and true to this description I saw many of them. 

Red, waxy tips on secondary wing feathers are often indistinct and sometimes absent altogether. All waxwings have sleek crests, silky plumage and yellow-tipped tails. Where berries are ripening, waxwings come to feast in amiable, noisy flocks. [description taken from one of my favorite birding books “National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America.]

The “Smithsonian Handbook: Birds of North America, Western Region” states the description of the red, waxy tips differently.  It states – the purpose of the “red wax” is long-debated, but younger birds do not have it and the older birds that do often choose each other as mates and produce more young that the younger pairs.

Waxwings eats fruit, flower petals and insects; and drinks sap. One way to distinguish between males and females is the color of the throat. Females have a brownish throat, the males a blackish throat.

March, still looks like winter.
Still Looks Wintery
Berries and a shy Cedar Waxwing
Berries and a shy Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing [Hmm, taking a break]
Lovely Cedar Waxwing

I might have mentioned before, South Llano State Park in Junction, Texas is one of my all time favorites.

Sunset Colors ~On the South Llano River~ [this photo taken in November, 2011
Sunset Colors ~On the South Llano River~
[this photo taken in November, 2011
An Old Picket Fence (taken at South Llano State Park)
An Old Picket Fence (photo taken at South Llano State Park in November, 2011)

Berries in South Llano State Park.