TigerHead's photos

My favorite insects are back for about one week. Love them to death!! Nature preserve, July 15, 2017 (Please view in Light Box or larger sizes for Best Effect)

New growth against a deep forest backdrop. Nature preserve, July, 2015 (Please view in Light Box or larger sizes for best effect.)

Wild Bergamot with Fiery Skipper. Nature preserve, July 8, 2017. (Please view in Light Box or in larger sizes for best effect.)

Cabbage Moth - deep in a thicket of wild grapevines. Nature preserve, July 8, 2017 (Please view in Light Box or in larger sizes for best effect.)

Among my favorites growing wild in the meadows. Nature preserve, May 2016 (Please View in Light Box or larger sizes for best effect)

Vienna - Old City - September, 2016 (Please view in Light Box or in larger sizes for best effect)

Crab apple blossoms in various states of focus. Nature park, April 17, 2017 (Please view in LIght Box for best effect.)

Baby pine squirrel, freezing in place to escape detection. Nature preserve, April, 2017 (Please view in Light Box or in larger sizes for best effect.)

Dusk casts long shadows across the old town square. Prague, Czech Republic - September, 2016 (Please view in larger sizes for best effect)

This species inhabits a great variety of open country, preferably with scattered trees. It favors mixed farmland, parks and gardens, churchyards, wooded steppe, quarries and coastal cliffs. Across Europe it is only absent from high mountain plateau, tundra, extensive wetland or afforested areas and a few small islands . The species forms a long term pair bond. Egg-laying occurs from late April in Britain and northern Europe, mid-April in central Europe, and the first half of May in north-west Russia, central Asia and Kashmir. The nest varies in size, but can be massive as a fresh nest is built each year on top of older ones. The foundation is a mass of branches and twigs, interspersed with mud and dung and the inner cup is quite deep and thick and constructed of mosses, rotten wood, feathers and fur and wool, usually in some cavity of some kind. Clutches can be from three to eight eggs but usually four. It feeds mostly on the ground and is omnivorous. Observed in a small park off the old town square - Prague, Czech Republic - September, 2016 (Please view in Light Box or in larger sizes for best effect)

The Comma is a fascinating butterfly. The scalloped edges and cryptic coloring of the wings conceal hibernating adults amongst dead leaves, while the larvae, flecked with brown and white markings, bear close resemblance to bird droppings. The species has a flexible life cycle, which allows it to capitalize on favorable weather conditions. However, the most remarkable feature of the Comma has been its severe decline in the twentieth century and subsequent comeback. Nature preserve, May, 2015 (Please view in Light Box for best effect)

Female Raven, pays a garden visit. From my kitchen window, August, 2016 (Please view in Light Box or in larger sizes for best effect.)

Pork vendors - Old Town - Prague - September, 2016 (Please view in Light Box or in larger sizes for best effect)

Pork vendors - Old Town - Prague - September, 2016 (Please view in Light Box or in larger sizes for best effect)

Another perfect evening on the tropical Mexican coast. Puerto Vallarta, March 2017 (Please view in Light Box or in larger sizes for best effect)

Late night Prague, Czech Republic - September, 2016 (Please view in Light box for best effect)

Red-bellied Woodpecker - Seeking a suitable nest. Nature preserve, April 2017 (Please view in Light Box or in larger sizes for best effect)

Putin always demands a front row seat. He needs to look his best while the shit hits the fan in Syria.