Observações de yanidubin

I believe this is a Potamarcha congener (yellow-tailed ashy skimmer, common chaser, swampwatcher), perched on a colorful flower I don't know the name of, in a pond at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore.

Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (kererū, New Zealand pigeon, wood pigeon) feeding on the berries of a Cordyline australis (tī kōuka, cabbage tree, Torquay palm) in the evening light, which really brought out its colouring.

Christchurch Botanic Gardens, New Zealand.

This is a focus stack of two images, in order to maintain the feather detail of the body as well as focus on the eye/beak.

Four-striped Digger Bee (?) feeding on the Lantana flowers. These guys hovered a lot, and although they moved fast (and seemed a bit uncommon / shy when I did find them), I was able to get some shots of them in midair.

Taken in the garden at Jnane Tihihit, Lalla Takerkoust, Morocco.

Macroglossum stellatarum (Hummingbird hawk moth / Moro-sphinx / Sphinx colibri) feeding from a flowering Lantana bush in Morocco.

I only got the one chance, and only for a minute - so happy with the result. Since these moths are migratory (fly to EU/UK in summer), I had plenty more chances to observe these awesome creatures - we do not have anything like this back home in NZ.

Macroglossum stellatarum (Hummingbird hawk moth / Moro-sphinx / Sphinx colibri) drinking nectar from a lantana flower (in flight). Although taken next to a butterfly house, these were only present wild. Hunawihr, Haut-Rhin, France.

My previous photo of this species was taken in its native Morocco. This specimen, as with others I saw all over France, has arrived as part of its migratory behaviour during the summer (they migrate from Africa to all over Europe).