End of September
Frost free so far!
Looks like a monarch, but the butterfly in the largest square is actually a viceroy sipping sugar water at a hummingbird feeder. The hummingbirds have flown south leaving the feeder to the viceroy and a few yellow jacket wasps. FYI: Since taking the photo, the feeder has been taken down, cleaned, and stored away until next year.
Moving clockwise: the high bush cranberries (Viburnum trilobum) are red and very ripe (birds will eat them in late winter), white pines (Pinus strobus) are shedding their yellow needles (they do this twice a year), elecampane (Inula helenium) seed heads are dried and brown, a few milkweed (Aesclepias) pods are dried and releasing their seeds, and seed heads on grasses are maturing and drying.
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Love the co-existence at the bird feeder!
ReplyDeletenice collection of shots for NatureNotes. :)
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Nice mosaic and I haven't even thought about frost yet. We're still having warm days.
ReplyDeleteDarla
I really like your mosaic. We've put away our hummingbird feeders as well, and we miss our little visitors.
ReplyDeletethe cranberries are so pretty
ReplyDeleteand the butterfly/wasp shot is amazing
so much detail
I hope you're keeping copies of all your collages...they would make a great collection - a terrific coffee-table book! If I lived in Ontario, I'd sure buy one not only for the photos but for your scientific descriptions!
ReplyDeleteRe your comment about Ipanema and Leia and Cezar ... you can read their comment on that post today. Interesting.
really pretty. love the sprig of green pine!
ReplyDeleteI like how you got the butterfly and a wasp in one shot.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful captures of colors, contrasts and nature's loveliness.
ReplyDeletewow thanks for the butterfly picture!
ReplyDeleteWonderful indeed!
Léia
great jumping Jehoshaphat on the bee/yellow jacket/wasp and a butterfly in the same photo. wow
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful mosaic, Thanks for sharing your thoughts on my "Skywatch – September Full Moon" photos, it was truly a beautiful display by Mother Nature.
ReplyDeleteGreat mosaic and macros.
ReplyDeleteWhat great colors and subjects! I'm still waiting for spring here in NZ!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful collection of colour and form.
ReplyDeleteLove the photo of the butterfly and yellowjacket both sipping from the feeder. I just took down my hummingbird feeder, too.
ReplyDeleteWonderful early fall shots. The viceroy butterfly does look like a monarch.
ReplyDeletelovely mosaic! Am I right in that Viceroys are non-toxic to birds and Monarchs are toxic?
ReplyDeleteI have had a downy using the one hummer feeder that I have up. The others are gone for the season.. again, I learn something new...
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