Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY Butterflies Page 25, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Thanks martha this thread is as good as the folks who post in it! I was hoping to get a good cross section and variety, over this season and we surely have that! Most of us are pretty busy with our butterflies and gardening for them, and after a long day it made more sense to have just the one thread for me instead of starting a new one with each sighting. Another thing is we see other things, like birds and related creatures and we can post those in here without getting too sidetracked because we always come back to butterflies. It can be a hassel to go in another forum that many leps just don't go to that much just to post one or two pics. I am interested in all wildlife!
Paul thinks your little fly is a hoverfly, and i will go with that until I can look it up. It's still dark:30 here and I don't want to turn on a bunch of lights. I love your mums too, very nice! Great shot! Dmail me your address and I will send you some Milkweed seed. It germinates really fast and you will have fairly tall plants before the Monarchs arrive next year.

Sheila, fine shot of the Giant ST!! Linda I would love to have some American Basketflower, your pic is making me drool, lol.

Magnes is intent on buying me Canon Cameras.. I've had the A60, S1, and now I have the S3. It takes a lot of playing to get a good pic, but I get some pretty good ones eventually.

Cool bug Cat! I can't say I've ever seen one of those here... since it is one of your favs I suppose its one of the good guys, is it? Does it just eat fruit or what?

With winter closing in things do slow down as Sheila said, and though I watch birds all year, I really zero in on them in winter. All the little rodents in the fields are hiding in their holes so hawks prey on feeders to get an easy meal. I can always tell when a hawk is outside, because I hear a certain distressful chirping from the sparrows that is unmistakable. I look out the window and sure enough... Here is what I saw yesterday morning through my window...A handsome Sharp Shinned! I do go the the BW forum more in winter too, but many folks here in South TX and FL are getting the lions share of butterflies, and I still want to keep track even though they may not be in my yard, lol~