Great Egret – Coming and Going
Coming and Going A pair of Great Egrets ethereally traverse the sky near their rookery … one coming and one going. ~ Anecdote and Great Egret capture, Coming and Going © Jerry L. Ferrara
SHOT FROM THE FILE
White-eyed Vireo – Troubadour
Troubadour Not all of the composition and song from the performing troubadour is about courtly love. In part, the White-eyed Vireo is proclaiming a warning. ~ Anecdote and White-eyed Vireo capture, Troubadour © Jerry L. Ferrara
2024 Solar Eclipse – Venus At Four O’Clock
Venus At Four O’Clock Sometimes there are surprises. Arriving at our chosen site two days before the North American 2024 total solar eclipse gave plenty of time to assess and to prepare for the event … if the weather cooperated. Weather cooperated and the image shows the sun at total eclipse, but there was a surprise. The surprise was the appearance of Venus at the four o’clock position to the eclipsed sun. Sometimes there are surprises. ~ Anecdote and 2024 Solar Eclipse capture, Venus At Four O’Clock © Jerry L. Ferrara
Diamond in the Sky
Total solar eclipse 2024 USA
Terminator
Total solar eclipse 2024 USA
Total Solar Eclipse 2024
Total solar eclipse 2024 USA
Great Blue Heron – A Golden Moment
A Golden Moment A golden moment, caught in the golden hour of morn as a regal Great Blue Heron elegantly swims the open sky. Arriving at the heron rookery and setting up the camera before the sun conquered the earth’s horizon proved to be a good strategy. ~ Anecdote and Great Blue Heron capture, A Golden Moment © Jerry L. Ferrara
A Precursor
We’re keeping our fingers crossed the weather holds for the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse. This image was taken on 4/3/24, made as a precursor to the event at 16X magnification, cropped in post, f11, 1/2000 sec, -2EV applied in camera at approximately 1:28:26pm Central Time, using a Kendrick Baader solar film filter. Remember, if you are viewing or photographing the sun, to use proper filtration [ie. solar glasses and filters specifically designed for solar viewing/photographing]. ~ Anecdote and solar image capture, A Precursor © Jerry L. Ferrara
Palamedes Swallowtail Butterfly – A Tool For Nectaring
A Tool For Nectaring In the mysterious, if not uncanny, environs of the Big Thicket National Preserve, a Palamedes Swallowtail Butterfly probes a thistle plant with its prodigiously elongated proboscis. The outrageous sucking device is a highly effective adaptation for bringing the plant’s ambrosia to the insect … a tool for nectaring. ~ Anecdote and Palamedes Swallowtail Butterfly capture, A Tool For Nectaring © Jerry L. Ferrara
Red-bellied Woodpecker – Something Stashed Away
Something Stashed Away For some time she had been working diligently hammering away at the decaying tree bark, employing her formidable bill, wood shavings flying everywhere. At first I thought the Red-bellied Woodpecker was searching for insect larvae secreted away in the woody framework. But then she pulled out a nut [acorn or hickory] … something stashed away. ~ Anecdote and Red-bellied Woodpecker capture, Something Stashed Away © Jerry L. Ferrara