F/8.0, 1/200, ISO 100.
Skipper Butterfly
Why did the boy throw butter out the window?
To see butter fly.
Interesting Fact: A skipper or skipper butterfly is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight habits. More than 3500 species of skippers are recognized, and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America. ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipper_(butterfly) )
F/8.0, 1/125, ISO 320.
Bumblebee
Why do bees hum?
Because they’ve forgotten the words!
Interesting Fact: Bumblebees eat pollen and nectar collected from various flowers. They produce minimal amount of honey that is used as food for the young bumblebees. ( http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/bumblebee_facts/582/ )
F/5.6, 1/400, ISO 100.
Magnolia Warbler
Two birds in a tree looking down on a man washing his car.
“If he doesn’t hurry up and finish,” says one bird to the 15other, “I’ll shit myself.”
Interesting Fact: Though it has very specific habitat preferences in the breeding season, the Magnolia Warbler occupies a very broad range of habitats in winter: from sea level to 1,500 meters elevation, and most landscape types, except cleared fields. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Magnolia_Warbler/lifehistory )
F/ 5.6, 1/500, ISO 125.
Tree Swallow
What do you call a chicken in the 1960’s?
A funky chicken.
Interesting Fact: Migrating and wintering Tree Swallows can form enormous flocks numbering in the hundreds of thousands. They gather about an hour before sunset and form a dense cloud above a roost site (such as a cattail marsh or grove of small trees), swirling around like a living tornado. With each pass, more birds drop down until they are all settled on the roost. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Tree_Swallow/lifehistory )
F/9.0, 1/320, ISO 320.
Red-winged Blackbird
Where does a blackbird go for a drink?
To a crow bar.
Interesting Fact: The Red-winged Blackbird is a highly polygynous species, meaning males have many female mates – up to 15 in some cases. In some populations 90 percent of territorial males have more than one female nesting on their territories. But all is not as it seems: one-quarter to one-half of nestlings turn out to have been sired by someone other than the territorial male. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-winged_Blackbird/lifehistory )
F/13.0, 1/640, ISO 320.
Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun.
But I have never been able to make out the numbers.
Interesting Fact: Sunset colors are typically more brilliant than sunrise colors, because the evening air contains more particles than morning air. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset#Historically )
F/9.0, 1/200, ISO 100.
Ring-billed Gull
What do you get when you cross a bird and a lawn mower?
Shredded tweet.
Interesting Fact: Many, if not most, Ring-billed Gulls return to breed at the colony where they hatched. Once they have bred, they are likely to return to the same breeding spot each year, often nesting within a few meters of the last year’s nest site. Many individuals return to the same wintering sites each winter too. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ring-billed_Gull/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/640, ISO 200.
Mallard
What says “Quick, Quick”?
A duck with the hiccups.
Interesting Fact: The standard duck’s quack is the sound of a female Mallard. Males don’t quack; they make a quieter, rasping sound. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mallard/lifehistory )
F/ 6.0, 1/500, ISO 200.
Mallard
What is a duck’s favorite TV show ?
The feather forecast !
Interesting Fact: Mallard pairs are generally monogamous, but paired males pursue females other than their mates. So-called “extra-pair copulations” are common among birds and in many species are consensual, but male Mallards often force these copulations, with several males chasing a single female and then mating with her. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mallard/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 400.
Black-Capped Chickadee
What did one chicken say to the other after they walked through poison ivy ?
“You scratch my beak and I’ll scratch yours !”
Interesting Fact: The Black-Capped Chickadee hides seeds and other food items to eat later. Each item is placed in a different spot and the chickadee can remember thousands of hiding places. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-capped_Chickadee/lifehistory )
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