When I flew to Prescott to visit Melinda and Lonnie, I discovered that their garden is, for me, a zoological paradise. The javelinas have not made their presence known here and thank God I haven’t encountered any tarantulas but I have enjoyed seeing and photographing lots of birds and reptiles and insects right here in the Anderson Zoological Gardens.
Here are a few of the creatures I photographed Sunday morning. I took them all with my D7100 and the 80-400mm lens
Female black chinned hummingbird:
Two-tailed swallowtail butterfly:
Pipevine swallowtail butterfly:
Ornate tree lizard:
Male black chinned hummingbird:
loved your Prescott series – I worked the horse race meet every summer weekend for two years there – incredible light, magnificent sunsets and somee fearsome thunderstorms. Wish I had some camera equip and skills back in the early 1990s.
The first pic almost looks like a painting! We had a bluebird in our yard the other day. Excitement!!,