Sunflowers Galore

Sunflowers Blowing In The Wind

Sunflowers Of A Different Color

Sunflower Maxamillians With A Touch Of Fall Color,

Helianthus maximiliani

A native prairie perennial, this sunflower is a desirable wildlife cover plant. This species is palatable to deer and numerous species of birds who eat the seeds, and attractive to Bees & Butterflies. It was named for the naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, Germany, who journeyed in the American Great Plains and studied their natural history and anthropology, in the 1830s.

Sunflowers And A Big Old Barn

Sunflowers With A View At The Adams Berry Farm in Charlotte.

Sunflowers With A View At The Adams Berry Farm in Charlotte.

Sunny Closeup

 

Sunflower Wall Art

This photo was awarded Photo of the Day on Capture My Vermont, for September 19, 2017.

 

Autumn Sunflowers

Bees Galore On Sunflowers

Me In The Fields of Sunflowers In the Islands

Fields of Sunflowers In the Islands

Sunflower Of A Different Color

Sunflower Maxamillion With Bee

Sunflower With Bee

Sunflower in the Barnyard

Me In The Flowers At Adams Berry Farm

Field Of Happiness 

Sunflowers With A View in Fairfax

SunFlowers Border 

Sunflowers grown as a living fence around a field.

Field Of Golden Sunflowers

Sunflowers With A View

At Adams Farm.

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Hibiscus Oh How I Love You

Hibiscus Wet and Wild - "delicate beauty"

This photo is showing in the Art’s Alive Gallery at Main Street Landing’s Union Station, Burlington, Vermont, during the South End Art Hop, from September 2nd through October 3rd, 2016.

 Pink

Jazzberry Jam Hibiscus

Orange Hibiscus Wet and Wild

White Hibiscus Flower 

up close

Pink

Jazzberry Jam Hibiscus

Orange Hibiscus

Yellow Hibiscus

White Hibiscus

Center of a White Hibiscus

Trio Of Pink Hibiscus

Orange Hibiscus Wet and Lovely

Rose Of Sharon Hibiscus flower 

(Hibiscus syriacus) A member of the mallow family.

Hibiscus flowers photo altered to create Art. Just for the fun of it.

Hibiscus flowers photo altered to create Art. Just for the fun of it.

Yellow Hibiscus Brightness Makes Me Happy

So Pretty In Pink Hibiscus.

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Owl

Barred Owl 

(Strix varia)
I'm amazed and Grateful that this one let me get so close today.

The barred owl is also known as the northern barred owl, striped owl or, more informally, hoot owl or eight-hooter owl, is a North American large species of owl.

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Hummingbird Moths

Hummingbird Moth On Bee Balm
This is a Clear Wing (Hemaris thysbe) on (Monarda). They fly and move just like hummingbirds, and can remain suspended in the air in front of a flower while they unfurl their long tongues (proboscis) and insert them in flowers to sip their nectar. They even emit an audible hum like hummingbirds.
Bee Balm, Oswego Tea, Bergamot, Horsebalm Botanical Name-Monarda didyma, is in the Lamiaceae (mint) family. In the language of flowers, Monarda symbolizes compassion and sympathy. Bee Balm leaves and flowers and stems are used in alternative medicine. 

 Hummingbird Moth On Bee Balm

Hummingbird Moth On Bee Balm

Hummingbird Moth And A Bee On Bee Balm

A clearwing humming bird moth and a bee buzzing around the bee balm in my garden. There are four species of hummingbird moths in North America. This is a Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis), female. Unlike most moths, Hummingbird moths fly during the day. Like most moths they have a very long tongue which they carry rolled under their chins and that they use to reach the nectar of long-necked flowers. Hummingbird moths are members of the sphinx moth family (Sphingidae), which have heavy bodies and long front wings. The wings of these hummingbird moths are clear, with a black or brown border, and are nearly invisible when they fly. Males have a flared tail like that of a hovering hummingbird.
This photo was Awarded Capture My Vermont - Photo of the Day, for September 4, 2015.

Hummingbird Moth On Yarrow

Hummingbird Moth With Bee Balm
This is a Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth (Hemaris diffinis) in my garden.

Male Hummingbird Moth

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