Pyrrhuloxia at Saguaro National Park West. This little guy was singing his heart out at a distance on top of cactus, then he flew into a tree right next to us and gave us an up close show.
Walking around with my camera + macro lens looking for small stuff has been a great way to discover species I had never even heard of. This long-horned bee is a great example! Super big and hairy (look at those hind legs!), covered in pollen, it was slowly moving from one flower to next and spent just enough time near me to capture a few shots.
All kinds of insects are flourishing this year, including the giant walking stick (Megaphasma denticrus). I had seen males before (left), but never a female (right). She is significantly larger than the male and the largest insect in the US.
"Her Glorious Kingdom"
I felt an instant rush of adrenalin as a beautiful lone cow moose came into view. She was standing at water's edge on a point at the opposite end of the small cove, drinking from the lakes cold clear water . . Read the rest of this story - here: https://pixels.com/featured/her-glorious-kingdom-scott-loring-davis.html
Not a great day birding in the Berkshires (western Massachusetts), but I did get some nice shots of male and female red-winged blackbirds. #birds#wildlifePhotography