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My neighbor has a Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia Macrorhiza) that grows right near the end of their driveway. This variety of cactus is found in the Great Plains and as far east as Western Ohio, but I live in Northeastern PA. I was surprised to see it in full bloom, and a bumblebee digging right in to collect the pollen.
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Wilson's Plover ~ (Charadrius wilsonia)
The Wilson's Plover is one of my favorite shorebirds to watch when they hunt. They scurry around at breakneck speeds, hunched over as they speed toward a meal (small crabs and insects) that is peeking its head up over the sand. Then they abruptly hit the brakes and pull the meal out.
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Back shot from January 2017
Flowers in my garden January 14, 2017, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand.
Taken in our garden a couple of weeks ago and just right for the Smile on Saturday theme today - Combination of Flora and Fauna.
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Dave plowed our driveway and I opened the window and took a picture of him making a spot with the snow blower for Maggie to go out and do her duties. I had to go out to the hospital for blood work this AM and couldn't make it. So fast again tonight. Trees, electrical lines and drifted shut roads are this morning here. Just about everything is closed. Dave has had 6 fire calls this AM for various helping other agencies with problems. Neighbors across the street without power for hrs but we were lucky we didn't loose power.
The contractors have been working hard creating long trenches on the beach from Black Rock towards the Pier. I asked one of them what the trenches were and he explained they are part of the improving biodiversity plan (see below) The trenches are like planters which, once finished, will be filled with native plants, flowers and chalk land grasses. The trench area will then be fenced in so the public can look but not touch.
Male Hoopoe trying to extract a cricket larvae withe the female looking on.
No idea how they tell there is one there, but once detected they really go to town with a rapid series of ground strikes to extract it.
Algarve Portugal.
What a glorious sound these 4 Utah six motors made as they crossed the apex of Soldier Summit on a fine October afternoon. I was always a fan of this fine paint scheme. 10.00
Suddenly I've discovered that there are no oystercatchers in my photostream on Flickr. So I dug in my archives and found heaps of photos. This is the Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) digging for some other kind of food on the beach at low tide near Tidal River.
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
This one was very busy digging for a meal. It had quite a big hole which you may be able to see - it could fit its entire head in the hole!
In an idyllic scene, an Alaska Brown bear digs for clams at low tide along the shore of Cook Inlet. This is a scene setting wide angle view with the bear reflected in the foreground and mountains with patches of snow and forests in the background. Cook Inlet, Alaska. Note all the little patches of mud dug up by the bear in its search.
12/06/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
female of the digger wasp Bembecinus tridens digging -
grabendes Weibchen der Zwergkreiselwespe (Bembecinus tridens): Brandenburg (LDS) - Germany
This Lyrebird was busy digging underneath the Rhododendron and other trees at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Park and was not particularly worried at the small group of watchers.
You can often find them busy scratching away in the undergrowth. Menura novaehollandiae. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrebird
Searching for goodies beneath the sand.
American oystercatcher taken at Bunche Beach, Florida.
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The LS&I is usually a very efficient railroad and trains move quick. I saw the storm approaching and figured there could be a neat shot, but I wouldn't be able to see them coming from my truck. Hiding under a tree the rain kept intensifying until it was a strong down pour. They were crawling trying to make the hill and it seemed like an eternity before they rolled around the corner into Queens. Soaked to the bone.
A grizzly bear is hard at work digging for clams early in the morning at low tide in the Khutzeymateen estuary. Notice how you can see the long fingers/claws digging into the sand. In the springtime the grizzlies supplement their sedge grass diet with clams and other intertidal species that they scavenge along the beaches at low tide.
18/07/2019 www.allenfotowild.com