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Photography => Nature => Topic started by: Ed O'Connor on April 08, 2019, 04:02:21 PM

Title: California Sister
Post by: Ed O'Connor on April 08, 2019, 04:02:21 PM

I spent a week in Mexico recently and had a chance to photograph a few birds and butterflies. One day we visited the oak forests of the Cuenca de la Esperanza Nature Reserve outside Santa Rosa de Lima in Guanajuato state. Here's a picture of a California Sister that I took near the visitor's centre there.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7829/32624089097_e62d7c527d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RGSZ5M)California Sister (https://flic.kr/p/RGSZ5M) by Edward O'Connor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152894743@N08/), on Flickr

Title: Re: California Sister
Post by: Shortsighted on April 08, 2019, 07:03:02 PM

Wow! Technicolour dream machine. Is it toxic?
Imagine being surrounded by these marvels when you're under peyote.
Fantastic photograph and a great souvenir of Mexico.
Do you think it could fly over the border wall and piss-off Trump?
Did you get to see the Great Wall of Mexico?

Title: Re: California Sister
Post by: Ed O'Connor on April 09, 2019, 08:38:58 AM

Thanks, Shortsighted. We were able to avoid the Great Wall by flying to Mexico City and then taking a van to San Miguel de Allende in Guanajuato state. Saw a lot of the countryside and met many of the people who work in the national and state parks. My overall impression was of a resilient and resourceful country that will survive and thrive in spite of whatever nonsense transpires in Washington.