Ronald Losure's photos

Autumn wildflowers 2

Autumn wildflowers 1

Happy birthday, Branco

06 Oct 2021 6 7 146
I don't know Branco's birthday exactly, but soon after Asker Garip found him alone in the forest, I asked the veterinarian his approximate age. The answer was two months. So, now he is seven years old.

Cooper's hawk on TVA pole

03 Oct 2021 19 10 136
Accipiter cooperii

Gulf fritillaries mating

01 Oct 2021 25 14 149
Agraulis vanillae

Praying mantis

01 Oct 2021 17 20 163
Some visitors have said this is a stick insect. I think I must continue to say it is a mantis because of the triangular head and raptorial forelegs.

Orb-weaving spider - prob. genus Araneus

28 Sep 2021 12 5 142
Rather large - body is about 2 cm long.

Red-bellied woodpecker

27 Sep 2021 19 4 146
Pecking on the top of a dead pine tree. Melanerpes carolinus www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-bellied-woodpecker

Pond reflections

Banded pennant (M)

26 Sep 2021 27 14 219
Celithemis fasciata. There are very few dragonflies remaining now in the early autumn.

Gulf fritillary - Agraulis vanillae

23 Sep 2021 31 22 176
This species is the most common here at this time of year.

Fog on the pond

Lycoris radiata


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