Crimson Shadows Daylily

The red daylilies are so hard to keep up which they are. They all look so similiar to me. I think that is why I stay away from them to an extend. This one was the free one from the Oakes Daylilies Festival in 2006. I know the name, because it has not been moved. Once it is moved it will blend in with the rest of my red ones and I won't know it from the rest.

Happy Birthday to my neice Amanda. Can't believe it has been 30 years since you were that precious new life I held in my arms.

Common Buckeye Butterfly

I think the Common Buckeye is beautiful. When we visited the Grand Canyon last year I had seen my first Buckeye the week before leaving on the trip, somebody there made reference to how can people not believe there is a God. I said how can you look at a Common Buckeye and not believe there is a God. Look at those circles outlined with another circle. Another sign of God, it doesn't take the Grand Canyon, just the smallest of small in our own yards.

So Lovely Daylily

From a distance these 2 daylilies appear to be the same one. Notice the difference. The top one is 'So Lovely'. The bottom one was given to me and it seems like the name had Irish in it, but I don't remember it.

Dainty Eyes Daylily

Dainty EyesDaylily is from last year's visit to the Oakes Daylilies Festival. It has been a real good bloomer for me this year. They only get better each year.

Asiatic Lily - Agrippa

These Agrippa Asiatic lilies were in bloom earlier in the spring.

Frances Joiner Daylily

Frances Joiner is one of my new daylilies, such a surprise to already have blooms. This is one of the 11 new varieties I got at Oakes Daylilies Festival in late June. You can tell by the lack of greenery this is in a new section of my daylily flower bed.

Folded Wing Skipper on Variegated Fritillary

It's a skipper, but I am not even going to try to identify which one. Just thought it was an interesting photo with it on top of the Variegated Fritillary.

Silver Run Falls trail

I am not sure if this is going to show up good on your computers or not. Follow the front log to the far left. It looks like a snake head, can even see an indention like a mouth. There is a knot that looks like an eye, and then somebody has cut groves across the top the whole length of the log. You can see the eye a little better in the bottom photo. This log appears to have been the path people used to take to the falls, now there is a bridge a few feet from this.

Bird Eggs

This nest and eggs were in the neighbors carport about a month ago. Never could get close while the babies were there, and never saw a bird sitting. Thought the eggs were pretty. Then Tuesday morning the neighbor said he wanted to show me something in his tomato plants. It was the nest and eggs below. Apparently the same type bird, still haven't seen the bird. Sorry about the quality of the photo, but I only had my 75mm-300mm lens with me at the time, and could not get far enough away to get the shot I wanted. I will return with my standard lens, even if I have to wander through his garden without him. Another one I do not know how to identify. The more we learn, the more questions we have.

Dragonfly in the field behind my house

Wednesday thought I would walk out behind our property in the general area the deer roam. Sunday afternoon we saw a Mama and baby. Thought I might get a little closer. Never saw any deer, but I got these 2 photos of a dragonfly. When I took these photos I said I refuse to start researching dragonflies. But this being the best photograph yet, and EcoBirder giving so much information, I decided I had to try. It is just in my nature, so I found this great web site about dragonflies, and have decided this is a female Common Whitetail. Since this is my first attempt at dragonflies I will welcome any correcting information if I am wrong.

Cabbage White butterfly

This was another tough one, I first thought it was a Great Southern White, but I now think it is a Cabbage White butterfly.

Sulphur photos

Just when a person thinks they have it figured out. Out taking photographs in the front flower bed Wednesday before work (remember I work evening shift) and loving it because several butterflies are lighting on the same bloom. Get to the computer and low and behold here is a different kind. Doesn't jump out at you so much, just thinking...'Gosh, actually got a hint of the top". Cause that is hard to do with a sulphur.
Then I move on through the photos, and what is this? It looks like somebody threw some cinnamon on this one.

I sure do like him, but back to the drawing board.

Possibly a Sleepy Orange Sulphur, but who knows? At this point, I am not even sure if I care anymore. Sorry, maybe that is just research overload at the moment. Probably will have the books back out shortly.

Common Sulphur

As I have said before sulphurs are real hard to distingush, but I think this one is a Common Sulphur.

Orange Sulphur

Sulphurs are real hard to distinguish. I am fairly certain both of these are Orange Sulphur. These were not taken on the same day, so probably not even the same sulphur.

Flycatcher - Eastern Kingbird

UPDATE....due to comments, I went back to the research book, as promised. And I agree the white at the tail tip means it is an Eastern Kingbird. Thanks Michelerf for pointing that out. I kept looking for the red on top of the head, but now catch the book says the red crown mark is rarely seen. I agree it is an Eastern Kingbird. Thanks for the help. But which one?
I am thinking Eastern Phoebe

but then there is the Eastern Kingbird, or the Eastern Pewee

They can all be in East Tennessee. I keep looking at how flat his head looks, and I keep going back to the Eastern Phoebe. The book also says "repeatedly bobs tail", which this bird was doing up on the wire. There were 2 on the wire. The top 3 photos are from Monday, I only saw one bird on Monday. The bottom 2 photos are from Tuesday, there were 2 birds. Both days when I got close enough that it/they took off they flew back toward the woods. My yard is very open. This is a first time for this bird. One to that life list, if I just knew which bird it is. Please help, and I will update the post.

American Painted Lady and Skipper

The American Painted Lady and the Skipper danced around this Liatris for awhile.

American Painted Lady Butterfly

I go outside on Friday and see the Monarch, the next day I don't see it again. But I do see an American Painted Lady. I believe planting the Liatris was worth the effort.
American Painted Lady is a lot more rare than the Monarch.

I took one photo of an American Painted Lady last year before it flew off.

I never did see it again.

I hope this one hangs around for a while.

But if not I enjoyed it while it was here.

It hung upside down a lot and that is why most of the phtotos look upside down.

I was concentrating so much on the Painted Lady I did not see the bee until I was at the computer.

Silver Run Falls in North Carolina

Tough to get the complete waterfall because of people at the bottom.
Silver Run Falls is just a short trail off highway 107, south of Cashiers, North Carolina. Photos were taken on our trip to North Carolina July 4th.

Chipping Sparrow in the yard

This Chipping Sparrow just let me walk closer and closer.