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A Cottontail Rabbit is alert to my presence nearby. Keeping alert is the best defense a Cottontail Rabbit has against prey. Their biggest threat comes from birds of prey, but almost every living carnivorous creature larger or faster than them is its predator. This includes domestic dogs, humans, snakes, coyotes, Mountain Lions and foxes.
Made this photo for the emergency troops in Holland. There is a whole story behind it, but that will be to much to write here ;)
Strobist info: On the front models a YN560 light on the ground that simulates the light of the candels. A YN560 with DIY snoot reflecting on a board in the womans hand to simulate the light of an Ipad en one Y560 through umbrella from behind.
Triggered with a RF602
Captured this image just as one of the lions sat up as if he heard something off in the distance. They may appear to be resting but they are always on the alert !!!!
Wild Rose ~ Roseate Spoonbill ~ In The Wild
Tavernier, Florida U.S.A. ~ The Florida Keys
[She thinks she's hiding from me behind that leaf. lol]
(three more photos 'from this day' in the comments)
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The Roseate Spoonbill is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family. This species feeds in shallow fresh or coastal waters by swinging its bill from side to side as it steadily walks through the water, often in groups. The spoon-shaped bill allows it to sift easily through mud. It feeds on crustaceans, aquatic insects, frogs, newts and very small fish ignored by larger waders. The Roseate Spoonbill nests in shrubs or trees, often mangroves, laying 2 to 5 eggs, which are whitish with brown markings. Immature birds have white, feathered heads, and the pink of the plumage is paler. They are extremely agile high in the treetops. (They are often confused with the flamingo)
Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) . The Largest canid in South America. It looks like a fox, is called a wolf, but is a distinct species This is one of a new pair recently come to live at the San Diego Zoo. Conservation Status: Near Threatened
This is a completely random compilation of videos posted to the Vine app over the last three months...as I said. NERD ALERT!
A female Purple-backed Fairy-wren at Coalseam, early in the morning. I like how her bandit mask is so distinctive in this.
Nature in Focus ~ 500px ~ G+ ~ Redbubble
Alert at Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Alert is a rapid intervention vessel designed with buoy handling, wreck marking, towing, multibeam and side scan hydrographic surveying capability. Alert can respond rapidly to any maritime incident primarily in the busy shipping routes of the Dover Strait, English Channel and southern North Sea.
Name: Alert
Vessel type: Rapid intervention vessel
Port of registry: London
Home port: Harwich
Flag: United Kingdom
IMO: 9338618
MMSI: 235010690
Call sign: MLPH9
Crew: 6
Cabins: 2 x single, 4 x double
Length overall: 39.3m
Beam: 8.4m
Draught: 2.7m
Gross tonnage: 302 ton
Max deadweight: 60 ton
Crane: 1 x 3.5 ton at 10 m, 2.2 ton at 15 m, knuckle boom
Winch: 1 x 3.3 ton SWL
Workboat: 1 x 5.4 m RIB with 50 hp (37.25 kW) outboard engine
Fuel capacity: 42 ton
Engines: 2 x Caterpillar diesel
Engine output: 2 x 2,000 hp (1,492 kW) at 1,600 rpm
Bow thruster: 1 x 207 hp (155 kW) at 1,620 rpm
Max speed: 17 knots
Service speed: 12 knots
Bollard pull: 28 ton
Builder: Stocznia Remontowa SA, Gdansk, Poland
Launch date: 11th. October 2005
Operator: Trinity House
The Vervet monkey is a member of the guenon family of monkeys, one of the most common and widely spread in Africa. Characteristics of guenons are their long arms, legs, and tails; small, round heads; and short faces with whiskers. Specific characteristics of the Vervet are its black face, black feet, and black-tipped tail; mottled grey fur with white fur on its belly. Vervet troops can number up to 120 but due to habitat loss and persecution now rarely exceed 30. Vervets organize themselves into complex, but very stable family groups commonly referred to as “troops.” Troops are organized around an alpha male who acts as the leader of the group, several smaller groups of closely related adult females and their offspring, and lesser adult males.
Meerkat or Suricate, Suricata suricatta, Erdmännchen
South Africa 02/2015
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
This is a cropped version of a recent prior submission which, the more I looked at it the less I liked it. This cuts out some distraction. I hope you enjoy it... more than the first! trh