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Amaryllis belladonna 'Rose Fonce'


Amaryllis belladonna 'Rose Fonce'

While there is a regular fly on the flower, to the right is a hoverfly coming in for a landing.
This is several shades darker than the normal belladonna, and several weeks earlier in flowering.



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Wonderful colour . Great capture with the hover fly flying in .

26 Aug, 2017

 

Fabulous photo!

26 Aug, 2017

 

Thanks. I wish I had had my camera with me this morning when there were a couple of buzzards flying low and hunting. I am on a knoll, so after they come over the little valley behind me, they end up being low over my backyard.

27 Aug, 2017

 

Oh wow, I bet that was a sight.

27 Aug, 2017

 

That would of made a fantastic photo . I once was right next to a big black buzzard at Coombe Abbey park here it was on an open perch in the grounds.

28 Aug, 2017

 

During mating season, there are 7 of the guys chasing 1 female. They like the area just up the street because it continues to Serra de Santa Barbara, the highest point on the island - just over 1000 meters high.

28 Aug, 2017

 

Lol like humans at times then. Yes they like go be high up dont they they go at suvh a speed to when diving down.

28 Aug, 2017

 

The most amazing event is when they catch the wind blowing so strong that they can stay in the same place without flapping their wings.

28 Aug, 2017

 

Yes I ve only ever seen them do that once in the country side over the fields in Astley a few miles away

28 Aug, 2017



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