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Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge: Buzz

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Today I’m taking part in Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge. This week’s theme is “buzz”. I encourage you to click on each photo to see a larger view. If you like what you see, please subscribe to this blog to receive updates of the new photos I post, usually 3 to 5 times a week.

Bees are the first thing I think about when I hear “buzz”. Enjoy my selection of busy bees, hard at work collecting nectar. Some of them are so good at collecting it, they store it in bags on their legs. I also love how bees get covered with pollen – nature’s most perfect pollinators.

Bee on the pear blossoms at San Diego Balboa Park

Close-up on a bee on pink powder puff flower

January 22, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bloom Photos, Flower PhotosTags: bee on pear blossoms, bee on pink flower, bee on pink powder puff flower, bee on wild rose, Bee on yellow cactus blooms, bees collecting nectar, bees with bags of nectar on their legs, bees with nectar bags, close-up of bees, Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge: Buzz, macro photography, macros of bees, nature photography, photos of bees, photos of blooms, Red bottle brush flower with bee 6 Comments

A Word A Week Challenge: Waiting

Today I’m participating in the A Word A Week Challenge. This week’s theme is “waiting”. I encourage you to click on each photo to see a larger view. If you like what you see, please subscribe to this blog to receive updates of the new photos I post, usually 3 to 5 times a week.

This past Saturday, for whatever crazy reason I woke up really early. When I looked outside, I realized it was a good thing. I waited for just the right time to capture this beautiful winter sunrise.

A Word A Week Challenge: Waiting for a winter sunrise in San Diego

This great blue heron was waiting for fish to swim by in a local pond.

When I photograph ocean waves, I like to wait until the very moment when the wave is about to break.

I’m not sure what this West African crane was waiting for, but it made it easy for me to take its picture.

This cute duck was patiently waiting for my kids to throw duck food in the water.

And this seagull was a freeloader waiting for a free meal at the same time.

January 20, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Landscape Photos, Ocean photos, Sky Photos, Sunrise Photos, Tree Photos, Water photosTags: A Word A Week Challenge: Waiting, A word a week photo challenge, California pictures, duck waiting for food, great blue heron, nature photography, Pacific ocean wave break, San Diego seagull, seagull waiting for food, West African crane, winter sunrise in San Diego 9 Comments

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Family

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Today I’m participating in the WordPress weekly photo challenge and this week’s theme is “family”. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view. If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe and receive nature photography updates a few times a week.

The first photo that came to mind for this family challenge is one I took recently at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. It features a new Lemur Walk exhibit where you can stand right next to the lemurs since there are no fences. The only thing is, lemurs love to nap for hours at a time so if you don’t get there early, you have no chance to enjoy a lemur walking by your side. There are five lemurs in this exhibit and when they nap, they seem to like it tight, so this is how they sleep together. My kids think this display of curly lemur tails should be called “a curl of lemurs”. I concur.

Wordpress weekly photo challenge - family of lemurs sleeping together — WordPress weekly photo challenge – family of lemurs sleeping together

I don’t share photos of my kids online so here are some other families I selected for this theme. An elephant mom and her calf.

Two brother bears displaying some brotherly love.

Brown bears - brother bears — Brown bears – brother bears

Here’s a mother panda bear and her cub at the San Diego zoo.

And last but not least, a family of Russian nesting dolls, 10 in all. The smallest one is the size of a grain of rice.

January 17, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal PhotosTags: brother bears, brown bears, elephant calf, elephant mother, lemur tails, lemurs sleeping together, nature photography, panda bear, panda bear cub, photography, photos, russian nesting dolls, Wordpress weekly photo challenge, Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Family 15 Comments

Aquarium creatures

Here are a few photos I took during a recent trip to a local aquarium. Aquarium exhibits are poorly lit to enhance your underwater experience, but the darkness is often the cause of blurry pictures. I haven’t mastered this type of photography perfectly, but I still wanted to share a few of these interesting water animals. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view. If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe and receive nature photography updates a few times a week.

Here’s a giant Pacific octopus. You’ve got to love those big suction cups.

The crab with the longest legs (up to 10 feet long!) is the Japanese spider crab. All I can say is, yum!

The coconut crab earns its name from its ability to crack a coconut shell with his pincers. And it does eat the coconut meat too!

Undersea anemones are cool looking and this one was very, very red.

Finally, sea jellies are so interesting to look at. They constantly swim underwater, grabbing food as it floats by. All that without a brain. Wow.

January 16, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Ocean photos, Plant PhotosTags: coconut crab, giant Pacific octopus, Japanese spider crab, nature photography, sea jellies, sea jelly, undersea anemone, underwater animals, underwater creatures 6 Comments

The real green heron

Last week I put a photo post together on a green heron. The problem is, it wasn’t a green heron but a black-crowned night heron. I don’t even know why I thought it was a green heron since I’ve shared photos of a green heron before and it looked nothing like this one. Anyway, I apologize for the mistake but maybe it was a premonition for what happened this past weekend. Green herons in San Diego happen to be in decline, so they’re not that easy to spot. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised to spot one at the San Diego Zoo, hanging around one of the exhibit ponds. Local birds are excellent freeloaders at the zoo: they know where to find free food in all the right places.

So here it is, the REAL green heron. It’s smaller than the black-crowned night heron, probably the size of a raven. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view. If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe and receive nature photography updates a few times a week.