~ Nature at the San Antonio River ~

Today we went over to my In-laws ranch on the San Antonio River. I love going for walks with my camera over there, it is so peaceful! I was able to walk around for 2 hours with out interruption and had a Fantastic time capturing photos of the wildlife...

Giant Swallowtail

I've found these butterflies are a bit timid so I can't get as close as I would like too!

Turks cap.

The hummingbirds were all over these today but moving too fast for me to get a photo, grrr...

Wild sunflower

Fungus! or would it be Fungi?

This little guy was down by the edge of the river and flitting all over the place...I was really trying for a good photo but these two were the best...not the greatest photos but enough for me to identify it.

White-eyed Vireo

I just love the old gnarled Oak trees that are all over the property, can't you just see little elves and fairies dancing on them! LOL...well use your imagination! I would have been building tree forts in them when I was a kid!

Dragon or Damsel Fly.

I saved the best for last...This butterfly is a Gulf Fritillary and just absolutely Gorgeous.

I spent over 30 minutes photographing this little darling and was so pleased with some of the photos. He kept flitting from turks cap to turks cap and didn't seem to mind me one bit! I had a really hard time picking out which photos to post on here...Fred said I am a bit obsessive at times, lol...Who me? Hey when you have a good subject, take photos!! and lots of them!!

I had a lot of fun over there today and was honestly surprised everyone left me alone...Normally they are honking horns up at the ranch house (trying to call me in), calling my cellphone (hmm left that in the truck, lol) or chasing me down with the 4x4 mule, ugh!! So I had two hours of uninterrupted camera time, YEA!!