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A Word A Week Challenge: Yellow

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Today I’m participating in the A Word A Week Challenge. This week’s theme is “yellow”. 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.

Yellow is definitely not my favorite color to wear but I find it beautiful in nature. It expresses energy and happiness anywhere you see it. Here are a few examples of my favorite yellows used by Mother Nature. Hopefully they can bring you a little ray of sunshine on this cold winter day.

Macro Monday: Black-crowned night heron

Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

I got the opportunity to photograph a couple of black-crowned night heron herons up close during the holidays. These photos are not technically macro but I didn’t have to zoom in to be able to get these close shots. The lighting was less than perfect so this is the best I got that day. The funny thing is, both herons look like they only have one leg. They must do like flamingos and lift up a leg when they stand up somewhere for a while.

Black-crowned night heron on wooden post

January 5, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bird photosTags: Black-crowned night heron, California pictures, close up of green heron, Macro Monday, nature photography, night heron bird, night heron san diego, photography, photos 18 Comments

WordPress weekly photo challenge: One

My 2014 nature photography calendars (choose between five different themes) are still available for sale. Look in the left sidebar on my website for the most up-to-date discount coupon code. All calendars are made to order in the USA so you support the US economy with your purchase, and a starving artist (me!). I also appreciate any referral through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and of course your blog or website.

Today I’m participating in the WordPress weekly photo challenge and this week’s theme is “one”. 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.

For this theme, I thought I’d highlight some of the photos I featured recently on this photo blog.

There was one Nutall’s woodpecker, the first woodpecker I’ve ever photographed.

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: One Nuttall's woodpecker — WordPress weekly photo challenge: One Nuttall’s woodpecker

One red pansy with water drops covering its petals.

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: One red pansy — WordPress weekly photo challenge: One red pansy

One double rainbow (all the way!) in San Diego.

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: One double rainbow in San Diego — WordPress weekly photo challenge: One double rainbow in San Diego

One very cute Tasmanian devil at the San Diego Zoo.

And of course, the one duck who photobombed my white pelican shot, which should have been of only one bird…

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: One duck photobombs my pelican shot — WordPress weekly photo challenge: One duck photobombs my pelican shot

December 20, 2013February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bird photos, Bloom Photos, California Photos, Flower Photos, Photos of San Diego, Sky PhotosTags: animal photobomb, blooms, double rainbow in San Diego, nature photography, Nutall's woodpecker, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, red pansy, Tasmanian devil at San Diego Zoo, water drops on flower petals, white pelican photo, Wordpress weekly photo challenge, Wordpress weekly photo challenge: One 5 Comments

Macro Monday: my first Nuttall’s woodpecker

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Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

I know the photos below are technically zoom rather than macro, but I thought they’d fit the term since it’s hard to see one of these birds up close. We’re lucky to have thousand of bird species in San Diego, one of which is Nuttall’s woodpecker. You tend to hear woodpeckers more than you see them, so I felt very lucky when I spotted one a couple of weeks ago at a local park. Unfortunately this bird didn’t like me to follow him around. So he kept moving away as I was getting closer and I didn’t get the sharpest photos I was hoping for. Then it started to rain and I gave up after a few raindrops landed on my lens as I was pointing my camera up the trees.

Still, I’m happy to have been able to capture my first Nuttall’s woodpecker. Here he is, climbing his first tree, with his bright red head.

Macro Monday: my first Nuttall's woodpecker — Macro Monday: my first Nuttall’s woodpecker

He hid behind branches for a while.

Eventually he made his way around the trunk.

Nuttall's woodpecker on a tree trunk — Nuttall’s woodpecker on a tree trunk

Nuttall's woodpecker on a cottonwood tree — Nuttall’s woodpecker on a cottonwood tree

Have you ever seen a woodpecker where you live? Or just heard one?

December 15, 2013February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal PhotosTags: close up of woodpecker, cottonwood tree, Macro Monday, nature photography, Nuttall's woodpecker, red headed woodpecker, woodpecker in San Diego, woodpecker on tree, woodpecker zoom 8 Comments

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Grand

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Today I’m participating in the WordPress weekly photo challenge and this week’s theme is “grand”. If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe and receive nature photography updates a few times a week.

I have a grand concept to share with you. I believe that some trees used to be dragons, and I have photographic proof. If you look carefully at trees, you may see it too.

On this first tree, you can clearly see that the shape of these tree branches is a dragon. It may not show well on this photo, but it was a VERY large dragon. Let’s call it a grand dragon.

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: grand concept- trees are dragons — WordPress weekly photo challenge: grand concept- trees are dragons

My kids and I stumbled upon this tree trunk during a recent hike. This is another unmistakable proof that trees used to be dragons. This is what we saw at first from behind.