backyard habitat
When we first moved into the new house we noticed a little hummingbird occasionally coming by to sample the flowers in the front flower bed. Jason promptly made his tasty vanilla flavored hummingbird food and now we're up to six hummingbirds all fighting for the feeder, all day, every day. Earlier this week I was out on the front porch and decided to see if I could get some decent photos of them. Being hand held they didn't turn out too bad, though next time I want to tripod the camera and use off camera flash, rather than the speedlight in the hotshoe.
These photos were taken with a Nikon D80; 18 - 200mm VR Nikon lens; SB600 speedlight on the camera hotshoe.
We have our first water lily bloom! It's not fully opened yet, but I was too excited to wait. I'll post more photos once it's full. One of the white blooms is getting close to opening as well and I believe we have a pink lily in there somewhere. The pond is really starting to shape up. We got a few plants around the perimeter, a few water plants inside and just need to finish the rock work around the edges. It's amazing how many new critters have been in the yard since we put in the big pond. We have a resident bullfrog, purple martins, dragonflies and all kinds of water striders! It's awesome!
Yellow Water Lily
Resident Bullfrog
Ahhh a nice 75 degree day in Kentucky. I've got spring fever already! And so does this little Carolina Chickadee!
