The following photos were snapped in early April, 2010, on the trails of Callaway Gardens.
The Azaleas at Callaway...there is such variety in colors and types. This maroon hued one is beautiful in it's pre-bloom glory! All along the trails we found Azaleas in all stages of bloom...from buds to full out flowers.
Along one trail we found this interesting spider web. As you can see, the web spreads out around an area, then funnels down into a hole where I imagine a black, hairy, spider lives. I didn't see the spider itself, but I suppose his prey walks all around the web and then decides to go exploring in the tunnel and BAM! He gets eaten!
This tree...it was sleepy. It kept yawning right in my face! What creature finds refuge in it's mouth during the day...only to come crawling out at night to find food???
No, this tree is not bullet ridden...I think this may be a virus in the tree bark, or perhaps an insect or bird has drilled holes while looking for food? Whichever, it doesn't seem to have caused fatal harm to the tree; it is very tall, has a good girth, and appears very sturdy.
This butterfly is so bold and colorful! The wings have black, white, orange, red, and gold in stripes, diamond shapes, dots, waves, and bars. Do the colors camouflage the creature while it sips on flowers? Or indicate to its enemy that it tastes bad? I do not know, but his colors and patterns are so pleasing to the eye!
Inside the underside of a bridge, we found some abandoned dirt-dauber nests. Actually wasps build these little tubular apartments from mud - shaping them with their mouths. Inside the tube they lay an egg and bam!..another wasp is born! Luckily, these type wasps are not too violent and not too active in early May!
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