Great Egret ~ Northside Park ~ Wheaton, Illinois

Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 900, f/6.3, 300mm, 1/125s

Have to use the Flip Screen to get these Shots.

Pine Flatwoods in the Withlacoochee State Forest, Citrus County, Fl, USA

Another shot from a quick five minutes on Rannoch Moor on the way home. It must have looked fantastic when the hard frosts first arrived. But you can't be everywhere at the same time ;) I'm off volunteering this morning so need to get ready. Cold Cold Ground is by Tom waits

Bird feather on the ground - Flagstaff, Arizona

Tiny leaves and grasses and so on

Lalmatia, Dhaka

drops on leaves too late

on the ground, dry and parched

autumn’s final show

Week 43 in 2024

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Torii gates are erected at the entrances to Shinto shrine to symbolize that the ground inside is sacred. As you know, Fushimi Inari Shrine situated in Kyoto, an ancient capital of Japan, is extremely famous for its thousands of red-lacquered torii gates.

I searched for the similar location in Tokyo and finally reached to Sannou Inari Shrine in Chiyoda-ku, where I could enjoy a scenery of torii gates like that of the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto.

It is unbelievable that such a mysterious shrine is located in the heart of Tokyo. The Diet Building and Prime Minister's Official Residence are within a few minutes of the shrine.

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dry, cracked ground

Southern Ground Hornbill with catch

Tsavo East National Park - Kenya

Bottom of a gorge, prescribed burn area,,,Withlacoochee State Forest, Citrus County, Fl, USA

Columbina talpacoti

Lousewort makes for some nice greens in the background.

Mushrooms or Fungi in the woods at Duffins trail In Discovery bay , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , Martin’s photographs , July 25. 2021

Pontoon boat

The Kawartha’s

Mushroom looks like a Halloween pumpkin face

the base of a tree

stand of trees

Orono

Ajax

Discovery bay

Clarington

pine trees

Rocks

Wild Asters

mushroom

fungi

the woods

Beautiful and colourful mushroom fungi in the woods at Duffins trail

fire in a Tomshoo camp stove fuelled by small sticks

gravely shore of Lake Ontario

Darlington Provincial Park

August 2021

Clarington

Lake Ontario

Sunset

A beautiful sunset

Crescent moon

Hugging trees

Jobs wood

hike on a boardwalk in Jobs wood in Presqu’ile Provincial Park

boardwalk

Jobs wood in Presqu’ile Provincial Park

small rock

Fossil

Fossilized creature

Pebbles on shore of lake Ontario

pebbles on beach

Martin’s photograph

Stones

Pebbles

Ontario parks

Provincial parks

shore of lake Ontario

Great pebbles on the shore of Lake Ontario

Presqu’ile Provincial Park

Martin’s photographs

Brighton

Ontario

Canada

Great pebbles

abandoned gas tank

driftwood

Gas tank

Canoe’s

Cedar trees

Favourites

IPhone 6s

July 2021

Nice tree line at beach of lake St.Peter

Lake St Peter Provincial Park

Martin’s photographs

Hastings Highlands

beach of lake St.Peter

Lake St Peter

Lake St.Peter in Hastings Highlands

Cloudy sky

Clouds

Park office of Lake St Peter Provincial Park

Long Lake in Kawartha Highlands provincial park

North Kawartha

Long LakeLodge at Long Lake in Kawartha Highlands provincial park

Long Lake Lodge

Beautiful mushrooms very close to the ground you can see the stem below

Lake

Beach

A Columbian Ground Squirrel (Citellus columbianus) at the entrance to its den on the slopes of the foothills in Waterton National Park, Alberta, Canada.

October, 1994.

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Next in my small critter set is this Uinta Ground Squirrel found in Grand Teton National Park.

From Wikipedia: "First described from the Uinta Mountains, the squirrels are found in Wyoming west of the Green River, in southwestern Montana, eastern Idaho, and northern and central Utah. They inhabit open areas, such as meadows, pasture, and shrub-steppe habitats, at elevations between 1,220 and 2,440 m (4,000 and 8,010 ft). There are no recognized subspecies."

Tamworth Castle Ground

In Vienna you can find some populations of the European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik. It needs short turf in order to dig its tunnel system which it finds this on the steppes and in pasture, in dry banks, on sports fields, parks and lawns. These conditions are lost when changes in agricultural practice convert grassland into arable land and forest, or grazing ceases and the grass grows coarse and scrubland develops - which has happened a lot in the recent years. This is why the European ground squirrel is listed as being endangered by the IUCN in its Red List of Threatened Species. The population trend is downward and it is believed that, over the last ten years, the population has diminished by more than 30% due to the destruction of their habitat. These cute little critters are so much fun to watch and should be - as all living creatures - protected at all costs.

In Wien kann man das Europäische Ziesel (Spermophilus citellus) noch recht häufig finden, obwohl es mittlerweile durch die Zerstörung seines Lebensraumes zu den stark bedrohten Tierarten gehört und sich weit oben auf der Roten Liste wiederfindet. Durch Landwirtschaft, Verbuschung und Bebauung sind die Steppenlandschaften, die es als Lebensraum bevorzugt, zu stark geschrumpft. In Deutschland ist es ausgerottet, Wiederansiedlungsversuche sind gescheitert. Diese putzigen Nager, die sehr zutraulich werden können, sollten - wie alle Lebewesen, unbedingt geschützt werden.

The southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) is one of two species of ground hornbill, both of which are found solely within Africa. They are carnivorous and hunt mostly on the ground. Their food ranges from insects to small vertebrates. Their nests are often found in high tree cavities or other shallow cavities, such as rock holes in cliff faces. These birds are a long-lived species, having lifespans in the range of 50–60 years, and up to 70 in captivity.

Linyanti Wildlife Reserve, Botswana.

Conservation status:Vulnerable

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made in wintertimes

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Bistumpur-Bingtopang jungle area

Ground squirrels are quite shy. It took me a while to get them like this in front of the lens.

Vintage three-foot narrow gauge ground-throw switch.

Another large Italian 6 day tour. Eventful to say the least.

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Claimants Flower has Fallen.

NIkon F4, AF Nikkor 50/1.4 D, Lomochrome Turquoise @200

Kruger National Park, South Africa

The AEROSTAT at Ft. Huachuca grounded because of lightning. 12 July, 2018.

Beautiful weather blue skies and a bit of sunshine over padarn lake and snowdonia mountains in the background.

Sherfield on Loddon cricket ground not so popular in this deep frost!!

Such intricate design on the California Quail. They like to perch high in the garden to keep an eye on things.

Good Hill Farm Airport , Roxbury, Connecticut

Unstriped ground squirrel, Tanzania.

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A very enthusiastic "Ground Stab" and a rather unenthusiastic audience. :)

Sandhill Cranes

Monte Vista NWR, Monte Vista, CO

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sandhill_Crane/id

www.mvcranefest.org

Showing off my Ring again.

Update: Re-shot...less grainy.

Humming Bird's, working every Flower in Sight.

This is not what I was supposed to work on today. No sir! This is the result of a day avoiding things I should have been focusing on. Better luck tomorrow.

Natural Wonder

l was lucky to catch him in a tree, although they are lovely, on the ground, in the long grass.

A Columbian Ground Squirrel (Citellus columbianus) at the entrance to its burrow in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Waterloo National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Image captured on Kodachrome 64 slide film and digitized for use on this site.

September, 1994.

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Here is a couple of photos of the Great Gray on the ground. I wasn't fast enough to get him downing the vole he caught, but he stayed on the ground for awhile to digest.

These shots are from my encounter last week.

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