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Thursday, November 3, 2022

Crops & Clips: Flashback to November, 2019 - #1035

As I do each month, I enjoy looking back over my archived photos, taken three years previously, to remember how things were then as contrasted with events this year at our new home in Connecticut. As usual, I searched for images which reflected favorite memes: critters of all kinds (especially birds and butterflies), skies and clouds, reflections, flowers and scenes which speak for themselves. 

My archives contain 471 photos processed in a month that featured mostly favorable skies and good light in our local south Florida Wounded Wetlands. The month started with great views of two small falcon species which competed for space atop a favored tree:

The Merlin spread its tail feathers and stretched a wing:


Not to be outdone, the American Kestrel displayed in turn:




A lucky shot as a Sharp-shinned Hawk attacked the larger Red-shouldered Hawk:

High amid the fruits of a Royal Palm, a southbound Rose-breasted Grosbeak was a colorful visitor: 

The Royal Palm can grow to 50-100 feet. It has separate male and female flowers. In this specimen the spent white male flowers are to the front and the female flowers and fruits are behind to the left:

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher forages for insects in the fruit cluster of a Royal Palm:

The fruit of Brazilian Pepper is attractive to this Northern Mockingbird:

Blue-headed Vireos are fairly common all winter:

A Great Egret cast a nice reflection:

Two male Boat-tailed Grackles shared a flooded rock:

A White-tailed Deer doe posed nicely with her yearling fawn:

This male Ruby-throated Hummingbird was one of the few hummers to visit our feeder:

A distant Coyote stared me down:

The yellow eyes of a Brown Thrasher stood out:

Among the warblers were an American Redstart...

...Yellow-throated Warbler..


Palm Warbler...

...and Prairie Warbler:

The Bald Eagles had finished building their nest and were copulating:

This Julia heliconian female is a beautiful fresh specimen. Its wings will soon be tattered and torn by courting males:

Julia heliconian male:

Their undersides (here, those of a male) can resemble dried leaves:

Back yard sunrise:

The last morning I saw the Beaver Moon was on November 25, rising low on the horizon as a very old waning crescent:

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Linking to:



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23 comments:

  1. Beautiful colours in that sky.

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  2. Many wonderful photos here. The moon's thumbnail is outstanding!

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  3. I enjoyed scrolling down and seeing the birds posted with explanations. It was such a pleasure visiting your blog. The sunset and Beaver Moon left me speechless.

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  4. As always, superb photos, Ken. My absolute favorite this time is the Yellow-throated Warbler. And of course the birds of prey. Thanks for linking to Nature Thursday.
    Elke (DND)

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  5. Hello Ken,
    What a great collection of photos, I just love all the birds. Awesome captures of the Merlin, Kestrel , the battling Hawks and the Bald Eagle. The Warblers are all beautiful, the Grosbeak and Thrasher are two of my favorite. But, I love all these birds and your photos. Lovely sky and moon photos. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

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  6. I love seeing your photos and knowing what you've seen here in Florida. We are seeing more and more Warblers this week. Take care and enjoy your weekend.

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  7. amazing photos. The warblers and grackles are my favorite. But I love photos that tell stories like with your hawks. The eagles? phew. outstanding.

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  8. Hello :=)
    Thank you for sharing your many delightful nature photos. I enjoyed every beautiful image.
    All the best,

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  9. Ken...magnificent images!!!

    Have a super week ahead, happy birding and thanks for linking in.

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  10. What fantastic shots - all the ones with the wings or tails spread are amazing. THe eagle and the reflective shot in particular

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  11. I love the egret reflection photo!

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  12. The hawks were putting on quite the display, weren't they?
    Thanks for sharing these great photos at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2022/11/checking-out-fall-color.html

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  13. Wow! You always take such beautifu photographs. It's so pleasant visiting your blog.

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  14. What fab photos and beautifully shot :-)

    Have a feathertastic week 👍

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  15. You have so many amazing shots here! I love that Kestrel displaying his feathers.

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  16. A fabulous set of photos, loved every one. Have a good day, Diane

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  17. I like the purple finches, but they don't look purple!

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    1. @Carol-- I would call them "raspberry red," or maybe the color of red wine. They stand out when seen next to a male house Finch, which is more "brick red."

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  18. These are marvelous photos. Thank you so much for sharing them. I'm very glad to see them

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  19. Wonderful bird captures, The Great Egret shot is brilliant. The beaver moon's shot is outstanding. Thanks for sharing with Garden Affair.

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