I was visiting Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC, looking to photograph the fall flowers.
A butterfly bush (yes that is its name) caught my attention
as the skippers, cabbage and sulfur butterflies flitted about…
and a single, glowing, male monarch butterfly.
Oh, wow, I thought that all of them had already left for Mexico, their winter home.
Hmm, a much smaller flyer…than the eagles of late.
I found this fellow at the waterfall fountain at the Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC
satin and feather formal tail coat in blue with red vest
also known as the eastern bluebird
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sometimes the world just seems to tilt and gravity wins…
especially if you are a brown thrasher, soaking wet from the rain, and the feeder is wet too
she recovered just fine, well maybe her dignity didn’t, and glared at me for my laughter
I found the green heron stalking a fish
like his bigger cousin, the great blue heron, this smaller heron was lightening fast
he has a minnow in his bill, just above the splash of water droplets
eastern bluebird at the Pecan Orchard
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