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Bucks County Pa.
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This is one of the adult insects that emerge from a larval case like the one I uploaded this morning. These Cicadas are the noisy insects you hear calling in the trees but cannot usually spot them. As you can see, they are well camouflaged.
If you look at the empty larval case in my previous photo, you can see that the larvae had large claws for burrowing in the earth, but once emerged as an adult, their claws are smaller, as the adult does not need to burrow. The adult only requires to mate!
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This is a fairly large species, at least 5 cm. Anza-Borrego Desert, Southern California. (2-image handheld field stack)
New Britain Pa.
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Nockamixon State Park, Pa.
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The Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum), is a bird in the crane family, Gruidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa and is the national bird of Uganda. The name is due to its yellow crown of feathers, tipped with black. This crane moves gracefully in a most stately manner with a very dignified gait. In flight it is beautiful, using slow down strokes followed by quick upward strokes of its wings.
The Grey Crowned Crane has a breeding display involving dancing, bowing, and jumping. It has a booming call which involves inflation of the red gular sac. It also makes a honking sound quite different from the trumpeting of other crane species. Both sexes dance, and immature birds join the adults. Dancing is an integral part of courtship, but also may be done at any time of the year.
This shot was captured during my recent visit to Masai Mara Oct 2020 when we just came out of Fig Tree Lodge came across family of Crested Crowned cranes by a small pond.Captured this head shot of adult Crested Crowned Crane pausing from feeding on the plains.........
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Fly Over at Pole Farm NJ.
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New Britain, Pa.
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Bucks County Pa.
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Bucks County Pa.
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Carrying branch to nest.
Peace Valley Park. Pa.
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I made a trek out to Point Reyes today since we got a break from all this rain. I was photographing a Red Tailed Hawk and had made a u turn and saw this fella perched from a distance. I drove real slow and was trying to control myself as I got all the way up to it. I had the lady behind me stop. She was very kind and waited. A rare act. This adult gave me several minutes to photograph. I have other distant shots but this was my fav. I always dreamed of getting that adult perched at eye level! Had an overall great day at Point Reyes. The weather eventually reared its ugly head and I left and droves of people were coming out as I made my departure.
This is one of only a couple of pictures I managed to get where he actually looked directly in my direction. It was a pleasure just to watch him and I personally found his "hunting" methods for caterpillar type grubs very entertaining, though I haven't managed to identify the moth or other insect they belonged to.
Conowingo Dam Md.
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ADULT CAMP 2008 = About 30 of us rented out a summer camp in the Berkshires for this weekend. Camping + grilling + fires + smores + swimming + kayaks + rope course (!!) + climbing wall + kickballl + 800 beers + all the spiders you can eat! Kind of the bestest weekend ever.
I'll do a teendrama recap on of these days, but for now you get these pics.