Showing posts with label gloria nagler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gloria nagler. Show all posts

Gloria's Insects: Holly the Honeybee wasn't much for nuance;

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

  she saw everything in black and white.

--Gloria Z. Nagler




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Gloria's Birds: Bufflehead gliding close to the water's surface, even touching it,

Friday, September 15, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

and not because it makes for a good image:).

It's the "ground effect", which, to the best of my understanding, is: air funnels between the bird's wings and the water's surface, creating a cushion that increases the lift and reduces the drag.

Go, Bufflehead!

--Gloria Z. Nagler


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Gloria's Birds: Eat and run? How gauche do you think I am, photog, said Chuck the Black-capped Chickadee

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

Fly and run, though, now that's enviably sophisticated.
(Chickadees don't lack confidence:)

--Gloria Z. Nagler


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Gloria's Insects: Bee meets blossom

Monday, August 28, 2023

 
Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

The way honeybees (and other bees) often draw their legs together when in flight is, for me, photogenic, but also interesting. Aerodynamic? Helps stabilize during flight? I haven't yet found an answer, so lemme know if you have one!

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Gloria's Insects: Who knew?

Sunday, August 20, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

Flies are second only to bees as pollinators of flowers. We need 'em!
Granted, they're not as photogenic:)

(This is a Lesser Housefly busy dining and pollinating in the community garden last week. They live only 2 or 3 weeks. I'll probably never see her again.)

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Gloria's Birds: Wide-eyed woodpecker pauses briefly while fleeing a winged predator...

Monday, August 14, 2023

 
Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

(Pileated Woodpecker, to be exact. Male, coz of the red "moustache".)

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Gloria's Birds: Upstairs, Downstairs

Thursday, August 10, 2023

 
Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

(Barred Owl siblings hanging out)

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Gloria's Birds: Eight Bushtits, four of 'em upside down, on a suet

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

(Bushtits travel in groups - safety in numbers, anyone? - and even sleep huddled together. Saw these little ones gathering in our back yard, ran pell-mell to grab my camera and grab a few shots.)

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Gloria's Birds: Crownies mono fini

Saturday, July 29, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

These are two quite companionable American Crows who perched close to one another in our yard.

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Gloria's Insects: I can see clearly, now, the rain is gone...

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

(Yellow-faced Bumblebee astride a petal, having a look-see. Wouldn't bet the farm on my i.d. so I'm open to other options:).

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Gloria's Insects: Unscheduled flyover in the garden last week...

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

(My best guess/i.d.: Bee on blossom is a Long-horned Bee -- I mean, look at her antennae! -- with a green eye to boot! Related to the Honeybees, but the Long-horns nest in the ground.

The bee in flight may be a Western Leafcutter Bee, a common summer pollinator in our region. The green-eyed males are known to guard flowers in "their" territory -- like this one is doing now -- and can be aggressive towards other bees. The females, like the Long-Horned Bees, nest in the ground.)

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Gloria's Birds: Diamonds don't do it for me,

Saturday, July 22, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

but gimme a juvenile inland Steller's Jay posing on a branch, and this photog is cock-a-hoop!

("Juvenile" because of gape at base of mouth - attracts mom for feeding - grey, not turquoise blue breast feathers, short, not fully developed crest, and fuzzy feathers. "Inland" because of white eyebrow.)

--Gloria Z. Nagler


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Gloria's Birds: No time for a portrait today, photog, I gotta go

Sunday, July 16, 2023

 
Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

I'm late for my next meeting...
(Dark-eyed Juncos are busy birds!)

--Gloria Z. Nagler




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Gloria's Birds: I love the Owl Perches you humans attach to your transportation, photog. Quite handy!

Friday, July 14, 2023

 
Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

(Welcomed home by our neighborhood Barred Owl this afternoon...)

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Clara leaves no stone unturned and no branch unbitten in her quest for a midday snack...

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

(Juvenile American Crow without a parent nearby to advise her:)



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Gloria's Birds: Wait - What?

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

I'm not here to eat your precious Dougies, photog. I'm simply hanging out on the deck to catch a few rays.

(Barred Owls may be charismatic, but they're not credible:)

--Gloria Z. Nagler




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Gloria's Insects: Dressed to the Nines

Monday, June 26, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler


Dressed to the nines, right?

Wouldn't bet the farm on my i.d., but certainly it's a swallowtail, and the Oregon Swallowtail looks closest to these untrained eyes. 

They're Pacific Northwest butterflies, and the official insect of Oregon. Now I gotta see if Washington has one of those:) 

I adore everything about her, and especially her red and blue splashes at the edges of her wings.

--Gloria Z. Nagler


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Gloria's Birds: Pigeon Guillemot after a successful dive

Friday, June 16, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

They swim underwater using their wings! Yes, I do have compassion for the prey, but a seabird's gotta eat, and there were no vegan cafes in sight.

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Gloria's Insects: Dragonfly husk

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

Always stuff to learn, right? 

Spotted this in wetlands in New Orleans. The dragonfly had already reached adulthood when s/he emerged from this larval casing. Process is called eclosion.

Learned this and more from Dragonflies and Damselflies, by Dennis Paulson. Useful book if you're photographing or even just observing dragonflies.

--Gloria Z. Nagler


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Gloria's Birds: See, photog, I can fly the colors without hoisting any flags,

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

 
Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

said Millard the Mallard. He can, indeed!

(On the shores of Lake Washington the other day)

--Gloria Z. Nagler


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