Monday in Nature Weekly Photo June 2, 2014

[RickDB]

<p>Thanks for the id Laura - habitat is deciduous woodland, N. Florida - wasn't sure what it was because there seems to quite a variety in shape, colour, and size.</p>

[MarcelRomviel]

<p>My start of the 2nd year of MiN;</p><div></div>

[dcstep]

<p><strong>Broad-tail Hummingbird Approaches Wild Currant Flower</strong></p>

<p><a title="Feeding Hummingbird by David Stephens, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2926/14127392200_df2e958684_c.jpg" alt="Feeding Hummingbird" width="800" height="534" /></a></p>

[wayne_wrights]

<p>Red Hot Poker. </p><div></div>

[nicolaiecostel]

<p>A sort of bee hovering around:</p><div></div>

[User_6502147]

<p>Morning glory....and no other comment.</p><div></div>

[jonathan_parkhouse1]

<p>This is a Malachite beetle: Malachius bipustulatus</p><div></div>

[bing_huey1]

<p>By early June, the path of the sun migrates sufficiently north so that, viewed from our local beach, it no longer sets behind a flat Pacific Ocean, but behind a body of land which I believe is the end of the Point Reyes peninsula. I discovered this two years ago when I rushed after work to capture the final seconds of the sunset with Venus in transit.</p>

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[Laura Weishaupt]

<p>Paul, hmmm, bugs on fence.........check. ;-)<br>

Siegfried, that's a cool orchid. <br>

Rodger, WOW, what an amazing scene. <br>

Rick, I would expect your woods to be exploding in Russulas now. They are parrots of the fungal world, coming in an array of bright colors and many sizes. More shades of red than a box of crayons.</p>

 

[LMar]

<p>A couple of weeks ago (taken with Nikon F2, NAI 35mm f2.0 Nikkor and Ektar @ EI 100).</p>

<p><img src="http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj291/Skopar/93870034_zpscae5adf8.jpg?t=1401754837" alt="" width="1024" height="678" /></p>

[Andrew Gosden]

<p>Six-spotted tiger beetle.<br>

<img src="http://akgosdenphotos.smugmug.com/Nature/North-Point-State-Park/i-Dzt8QQ3/0/700x700/IMG_1253-700x700.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<strong>Canon XSi, Tamron 70-300 vc</strong></p>

[alpiner]

<p>Walking around in the Joshua Tree National Park, we came across this little guy. It was fallen from the tree on to the needle sharp Yucca leaves. Could not move at all, I helped him. He has only small laceration on the side of the belly. As soon as I release him he run back onto the tree. Up in the safety. For how long...?<br>

http://www.alpiner.net/FUN/Nature-Walks/Around-Joshua-Trees/i-GwJSmWJ/A</p><div></div>

[ShunCheung]

<p>Pelicans</p><div></div>