Hummers & Butterflies

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I think we are going to have some good fall colors again this year, especially now that the rains have come to the hill country.  If you haven’t considered the Fall Foliage and Bird Photo Tour at the Block Creek Natural Area, take a look at the photo tour schedule on this web site.  Maybe you hadn’t heard that we will have a raptor shoot (on the second morning of the photo tour) conducted by John Karger from “Last Chance Forever” raptor rehabilitation.  The birds are swarming at the photo blinds, too!  Drop me an email or call me; there is space available

Buff-bellied Hummingbird head on

Canon 50D camera, Canon 500 mm IS lens, 1/250 second @ f 22 , ISO 125, 5 flashes to light front, sides, back and background.

Do you ever get caught up in daily events and feel like you don’t really have any control of your life?  That seems to happen to me when I plan a photo trip.  For three years, I’ve tried to get out to New Mexico and Colorado in late September for elk, pronghorns and fall colors.  I haven’t heard a bugle or seen a golden aspen yet.  All of a sudden, it is mid-October.  Oh well, there is always next year.

Buff-bellied Hummingbird hovering

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