These Beetles are eating machines.

Male Ruby-Throated

Calliope Hummer

These are the smallest of Hummers west of the Mississippi. They are tiny and very shy.

Male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

It had been slow for Hummers this summer until the last week when they all seemed to show up at once, The sky is now full of these cute little guys.

Sunset Over Silver City

Land of Enchantment

Southern New Mexico Sunset

Mr. Butterfly

Lady Bug Hungry

Purple Astor

All You Can Eat

Big Bug ?

White-lined Sphinx Hummingbird Moth

Mr. Butterfly

Black-Chinned Hummer

Black-Chinned Hummingbird

Grace

Primula rusbyi var. ellisiae

Yellow Flower

Damsel Fly

Some kind of Damsel Fly. I spent about half an hour trying to get an ID, but could not. It took about an hour to get a decent shoot, had all kinds of trouble with the AF and ended up manually focusing and not all that greatly.

Mr. Grasshopper

Sure is an ugly cuss.

Unknown Wildflower

This is a shot at around 7500 feet elevation in the Gila Forest. At the foot of Signal Peak. Any one know what it's called?

PHotoshopped Broad Tailed

Broad Tailed Hummer in flight

BROAD TAILED HUMMINGBIRD

Mule Deer

In my Back Yard, Bright and early in the morning.

ARIZONA FISHHOOK CACTUS

PHlLOX

CHOLLA CACTUS

Broad Tailed Hummer at rest

ARIZONA FISHHOOK CACTUS

(Mammillaria microcarpa)

This is a very small one. They can get up to about 3 feet tall and wide.

INDIAN PAINTBRUSH

Castilleja integra

ASSASSIN BUG

ASSASSIN BUG (WHEEL BUG)

FAMILY (Reduviidae).

Rufus Hummingbird

A little blurry -- strong wind that day