Not many Black Swallowtails graced us with their presence this summer, so it was a real treat to capture this male as it spent a little time gathering some nectar on its journey to somewhere.

Was zoomed in on this dragonfly, watching it while waiting for some birds to come around, and it was looking straight ahead for the longest time. And then it tilted its head and looked at me. What?! Then it looked up at the sky . . .

Now for something a little different. One day a couple of months ago while out shooting, a grasshopper flew (yes, one of those flying grasshoppers) in from the east and landed a few feet away. It was blustery, wind from the south. It proceeded to jump up . . .

While going through images after a session, there were a couple with a bumblebee's middle leg raised up while another bumblebee was doing a flyby of the same flower (well, what's left of the flower after a goldfinch had plucked all of the petals off!). Intrigued, a little research led me to bumblebee.org . . .

This Hummingbird Clearwing moth takes its turn at hovering and poking around the flowers. These moths are excellent pollinators, and need a good amount of energy to keep their wings beating . . .

A bumblebee with a face full of pollen buzzes among the flowers. Thank God for our pollinators!