Cloudy Day at Brookside Gardens
/Last weekend we went to Brookside Gardens to photograph hummingbirds. The garden area they frequent still had lots of blooms.
I photographed other parts of the area: some favorite sculptures,
Seed pods,
A rabbit eating breakfast,
Mushrooms under the roses,
And at artsy shot of an orange flower with a spiral shaped bud.
The best observations of the morning were bumblebees nectar robbing. The bee makes a hole in the base of the flower and then drinks the nectar. The shape of the flower would be a tight squeeze for these bees. Still – this is a case where the bees are not acting as pollinators since they bypass the flower structures entirely.
But hummingbird photography was disappointing. The lighting was not as good as the previous visits and there were not as many birds coming to the flowers. I only managed 3 pictures worth sharing.
So – the nectar robbing saved the day!
