When you see a flash of color, as a hummingbird zooms past it seems to be a color flash from the human eyes. As I looked at this photo,some dark colors but some very vivid,I had forgotten the reason for this, so I did some research.Most birds attribute their color to pigmentation,but the hummingbird is said to have special cells within the top layer of the feathers. These cells diffract the light into different wavelengths(i.e. producing different colors),depending on the viewing angle, only specific colors,at that angle, are seen by the human eye.Guess I have a lot more questions as to why this specie of bird was made this way? Nature is fascinating!!!!!!

It has been said "A picture is worth a thousand words", this is just summertime beauty.

Like to photograph a variety of subjects,the Bullfrog was well hidden and hard to see in the water. The light colored butterfly in geranium flower also is partial hidden. Don't know specie of butterfly,we used to call them Cabbage butterflies ,back on the farm.

Went to Oliver Winery, Bloomington, In. not only do they have excellant wine but the grounds and landscaping is wonderful. Hugh waterfalls and flowering plants.

Portrait of a Whitetail fawn....don't need to say much more.

A bee finds lunch on this beautiful flower I bought this year.( Prairie Sun Rudbeckia)

Small female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird with a pleasant look is intrested in the camera

Carving in the TULUM MAYA RUINS, at the Facade of the TEMPLE of FRESCOES. Image of the Descending God ,feet up ,head down, guide said it indicates birth.

Iguana standing guard at the MAYA RUINS (TULUM) at the lookout post. Fruit on plant at the RUINS

Portrait of the Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) A large iridescent blackbird with a long wedge- shaped tail.Also a "Bronze" Grackle and a "Purple" Grackle , they are considered separate species