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:

Nature Thursday

Skywatch Friday

Weekend Reflections

Saturday's Critters

BirdD'Pot

Garden Affair

All Seasons

Image-in-ing

Wordless Wednesday (on Tuesday)

Wild Bird Wednesday

My Corner of the World
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Please visit the links to all these posts to see some excellent photos on display
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