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The Leo Triplet consists of three galaxies in a small region of the Leo (the Lion) constellation; they form in fact a galactic group and just not appear close by because of being in the same line of site. It includes: NGC 3628 (aka Sarah’s Galaxy), left, which is an unbarred spiral galaxy that is edge on from our line of site, it is approximately 35 million light years distance with a magnitude of 10.4 and an angular size of 13 arcminutes (I wonder why Messier left it out of his catalog as the other two closed by galaxies are within the same magnitude, maybe it was outside his FOV and missed it while scanning the sky; it was later on discovered by Herschel.) M65 (NGC 3626), top right, is an intermediate spiral galaxy also 35 million ly distant with a magnitude of 10.25 and an angular size of 9 arcminutes. M66 (NGC 3627) also an intermediate spiral galaxy with a magnitude of 9.7and 36 million ly distant and an angular size of 9.1 arcminutes; it is the brightest in the group. The bright star top center is HIP55262, a main sequence star with an apparent magnitude of 7.09. What appear to be small stars are in fact more distant galaxies and if one looks closely one can see little smudges that are intermediate spiral galaxies. North is left.
Taken at Lee, IL on 20150423 at 2300
Image Type: LRGB
L 9 x 300 1x1
RGB 6 x 300 2x2
Hardware:
AstroTech RC 8” with 0.8 reducer/flattener
Orion 400m Short Tube piggy back for guiding
Orion Star-Shooter Auto-guider
QHY9M with filter wheel with Astrodom filters
Software:
EQMOD with Starry Night Pro 7
Nebulosity 3.0.2
CCD Stack
Photoshop CS3
Conditions:
Cold night with good conditions and average transparency. Low temp 31F.
The incredible Louisiana Museum, outside of Copenhagen, is definitely worth the train ride out. The museum is amazing and the grounds around it are spectacular.
Une photo prise d'une fleur à coté de mon jardin japonais pendant le blue time, avec comme fond une petite mosquée du complexe touristique où j'habite à Cabo Negro près de Tétouan - Maroc.
MEDITATION .
Le CHEF de PAPOUASIE (NOUVELLE GUINÉE) en visite au JARDIN des PLANTES de MONTPELLIER (France) . UNIVERSITÉ de MÉDECINE (MAI 2012) .
Explored 2013 - 10 - 20 ... Thank you very much , my friends .
Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden
Jabbering clouds of yellow, green, and black Lesser Goldfinches gather in scrubby oak, cottonwood, and willow habitats of the western U.S., or visit suburban yards for seeds and water. These finches primarily eat seeds of plants in the sunflower family, and they occur all the way south to the Peruvian Andes. Listen closely to their wheezy songs, which often include snippets from the songs of other birds.
Outside of Kingman in 1989, the perfect meet happened on the split track on the Santa Fe transcon-and I was there.
20-cylinder Kodachromes, bluebonnets, and sun. Man, this was a lucky catch.
No photoshop trickery here-this was captured on good ol' Kodak Kodachrome 64 shot with an analog Nikkormat EL and a 50mm prime lens.
Photoshop and Digital Cameras were unheard of in 1989.
Of the 7 woodpecker species which breed in Florida,
the Red-bellied Woodpecker is the most abundant and
widespread. It is highly adaptable and flourishes in a
variety of human-altered habitats. This species resides
in the eastern United States from Minnesota to
Massachusetts to the north, and south to central Texas
and the Florida Keys.
I found this one in my back yard. When I took this photo the Red-bellied Woodpecker had just arrived in the middle of a Grackle invasion of its
territory. (my back yard) The grackles will arrive in gropes of 40 to 100 or more and bully every bird in the yard usually running them off.
I have even seen them run squirrels off. The woodpecker will fly right into the middle of them and turn itself upside down on a tree limb, and wait for a Grackle to approach it. When the Grackle moves in, the woodpecker will give it a few hard strikes with its beak and the grackle will retreat. Usually about three or four Grackles try this, and the Woodpecker teaches each one of them the same leason. They get the message quickly and leave the Woodpecker alone. I have seen the Woodpecker do this on several different occasions and seems to take delight in doing it. (smile)
He seems to be playing the old game of "King of the Hill" and I have never seen him loose.
Lake Wales, Florida.
Another shot of this mystery building which i shot before about three months ago towards the end of winter. This is the other side of this building which is situated in a field round the west side of Rowbank Reservoir, just outside Howwood village :-)
A rainy, foggy day at Guilford's Henry Whitfield House State Museum, the oldest stone house in New England (1639). See www.ct.gov/cct/cwp/view.asp?a=2127&q=302248 for details.
See my other Guilford images at flic.kr/s/aHsjsx3xaz
This is Morraine Lake, in Banff National Park, 14 kilometres outside the Village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. I am thankful to have been privileged, to witness some of these places and at the same time be able to share them with you, through my humble lens.
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I don't know if it's a baby crickett or a grasshopper; this very tiny little fella was enjoying the sun on a soft daisy :)
The Mackinac Bridge is currently the fifth longest suspension bridge in the world. In 1998, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan became the longest with a total suspension of 12,826 feet. The Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the western hemisphere. The total length of the Mackinac Bridge is 26,372 feet. The length of the suspension bridge (including anchorages) is 8,614 feet. The length from cable bent pier to cable bent pier is 7,400 feet. Length of main span (between towers) is 3,800 feet.
The width of the roadway is 54 feet. The outside lanes are 12 feet wide (2), the inside lanes are 11 feet wide (2), the center mall is 2 feet wide, and the catwalk, curb and rail width is 3 feet on each side - totaling 54 feet. The stiffening truss width in the suspended span is 68 feet wide making it wider than the roadway it supports.
The height of the roadway at mid-span is approximately 200 feet above water level. The vertical clearance at normal temperature is 155 feet at the center of the main suspension span and 135 feet at the boundaries of the 3,000 ft. navigation channel.
All suspension bridges are designed to move to accommodate wind, change in temperature, and weight. It is possible that the deck at center span could move as much as 35 feet (east or west) due to high winds. This would only happen under severe wind conditions. The deck would not swing or "sway" but rather move slowly in one direction based on the force and direction of the wind. After the wind subsides, the weight of the vehicles crossing would slowly move it back into center position.
The steel superstructure will support one ton per lineal foot per roadway (northbound or southbound). The length of the steel superstructure is 19,243 feet. Each direction will, therefore, support 19,243 tons. The answer is 38,486 tons (2 x 19,243 tons).
I’ve been waiting for you ... for so long
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxW0cPo7F_o
I'll light your fire till my last day
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Just one of the images I want to sort out from my evenings wander in some bluebell woods just outside Ilkley. It was a great evening, but I was on strict orders to get back before 8 pm because Cathy knows what I’m like when I get carried away. (She has gone out for a music evening in Otley)
Anyway I must open the bottle of wine now. God its 10 pm already!
I know I'm stating the bloody obvious but this is much better large! (o:
A drive outside of Ha Noi quickly lands you in rural farmlands and fields. Such peaceful scenes with usually one or two people working in each of the fields and a glimpse into the Vietnam's past and of course present. The large cities of Southeast Asia are often a tangled mess of vehicles and modern conveniences linked together with unsightly power lines. But it is in the countryside where one can still see the appeal of Southeast Asia.
Nidificante comum in "AVES DE PORTUGAL - Ornitologia do território continental" - Assírio & Alvim.
27/12/2014 - Sobreda (Almada, Portugal)
[Obrigado pela visualização]
[Thanks for your visualization]
It's been a busy week or so....with school starting for one of the kids and a quick getaway last weekend to the mountains...I've got some catching up to do. This shot's from the Charleston trip at the beginning of August. The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge is such an iconic landmark down there, standing above everything. The sky was ok during sunset, but afterwards this nice burst of color was a pleasant surprise. Heading out again tomorrow to visit my Mom in King, NC...and back on Sunday.... Hope everyone has a great weekend!
(Explore May 5, 2008 #78)
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Arco Iris (banda).
El arco iris es un fenómeno óptico y meteorológico que produce la aparición de un espectro de luz continuo en el cielo cuando los rayos del sol atraviesan pequeñas partículas de humedad contenidas en la atmósfera terrestre. La forma es la de un arco multicolor con el rojo hacia la parte exterior y el violeta hacia la interior. Menos frecuente es el arco iris doble, el cual incluye un segundo arco más tenue con los colores invertidos, es decir el rojo hacia el interior y el violeta hacia el exterior.A pesar de que el arco iris muestra un espectro continuo de colores, comúnmente se suele aceptar como seis los colores que lo conforman, los cuales son el rojo, naranja, amarillo, verde, azul, y violeta producto de la descomposición de frencuencias de la luz,y es formado por los 3 colores primarios y los 3 secundarios, aunque tradicionalmente se habla de 7 colores, incluyendo el añil entre el azul y el violeta.
Hace más de tres siglos, Isaac Newton logró demostrar con ayuda de un prisma que la luz blanca del Sol contiene colores a partir del rojo, pasando por el naranja, amarillo, por el verde, por el azul y añil hasta llegar al violeta. Esta separación de la luz en los colores que la conforman recibe el nombre de descomposición de la luz blanca.
Rainbows are optical and meteorological phenomena that cause a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. They take the form of a multicoloured arc, with red on the outer part of the arch and violet on the inner section of the arch. More rarely, a secondary rainbow is seen, which is a second, fainter arc, outside the primary arc, with colours in the opposite order, that is, with violet on the outside and red on the inside.
A rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colours. Traditionally, however, the sequence is quantised. The most commonly cited and remembered sequence, in English, is Newton's sevenfold red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. "Roy G. Biv" and "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" are popular mnemonics.
With their vivid fusion of blue, green, yellow, and red, male Painted Buntings seem to have flown straight out of a child’s coloring book. Females and immatures are a distinctive bright green with a pale eye ring. These fairly common finches breed in the coastal Southeast and in the south-central U.S., where they often come to feeders. Painted Buntings winter in the southern half of Florida and Cuba, Mexico and Central America. During spring migration, Painted Buntings may be seen at coastal southeast migration hot spots.
They are back ! They showed up last year in December and stayed for a while. Glad to see they made it back this year.
My backyard Lake Wales, Florida.Polk County.
Well, my storm chasing series is winding down. I thought it appropriate to end it with a sunset. California is famous for it’s sunsets, but I have to contend that the central plains beat it from time to time… quite often actually.
I witnessed five stunning sunsets during my short five days in Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. Each one a spectacle unique and awe stirring.
This particular sunset was going on as a tornado storm was dying and as a small black wall cloud was forming above my head and spinning. The anvil of the super cell can be seen on the top right.
Last night, as I wrote this here at my home in California, the sunset outside my window was just turning slightly yellow and a little orange…. no clouds… (heavy sigh). I’m missing the central plains.
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One of my favourite reserves in the whole North of England due to it's open plan nature. There are many lakes, ponds, reedbeds and meadows. There are lots of nature trails and as you walk around you can see the wildlife and observe it from the paths.
www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/s/staidans/
St Aidan's is a perfect place to get close to nature and relax, unwind or exercise in a stress-free environment. Just outside Leeds on the banks of the River Aire, it's a big new space to walk, run, cycle, or ride your horse and enjoy the wildlife that surrounds you.
It has a wide range of wild plants and animals, and is home to thousands of birds, brown hares, roe deer, wild flowers and insects - all living in a stunning landscape of vast reedbeds, grassland, woodland, lakes, ponds and islands.
With a variety of circular paths of varying lengths and large areas of open grassland, St Aidan’s is a great place for families to enjoy the outdoors, share a picnic and play together.
Over 7.5 miles (12 km) of footpaths, bridleways and cycle routes connect the surrounding communities, with links to national footpath and cycle networks. St Aidan's is a fantastic place for locals wishing to explore the wider countryside or as a destination for people who love nature.
Opening times
St Aidan's is an open access site. Opening times apply to the visitor centre and car park. From March-October they're open from 9.30 am to 5 pm. From September-February it's 9.30 am to 4 pm. They're closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Entrance charges
Entry to the site is free but donations to help us continue our work are welcome. There is a car park charge of £2.50 per car for RSPB non-members. RSPB members and disabled badge holders park for free.
Information for dog owners
Dogs are allowed on the reserve as long as they are kept on a lead in the appropriate designated zones. There are some less sensitive areas within St Aidan's where dogs are allowed off the lead. Please check with staff before letting dogs off the lead.
Star species
Our star species are some of the most interesting birds you may see on your visit to the reserve.
Bittern
Bitterns are brown, secretive herons, camouflaged to hide amongst reeds. Visit in spring to hear male bitterns 'booming' or summer to watch the parents making feeding flights.
Great crested grebe
Watch the amazing courtship ritual of great crested grebes on the open water in spring. You may see pairs performing their 'weed dance' when they present one another with weed and patter across the surface of the water together.
Little owl
You may be lucky enough to find one of these compact owls perched in a tree or on a fencepost. They become very active at dusk and you may hear their shrill calls.
Marsh harrier
Look for marsh harriers gliding over the reedbed with their wings held upwards in a shallow 'v'. In spring, pairs perform their breathtaking 'skydancing' displays high in the sky.
Skylark
Spring visits will be enriched by the beautiful song of skylarks. They rise up into the air from the grassland until they are barely visible and only their song can be heard
www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/s/staidans/seasonal_highli...
Seasonal highlights
Each season brings a different experience at our nature reserves. In spring, the air is filled with birdsong as they compete to establish territories and attract a mate. In summer, look out for young birds making their first venture into the outside world. Autumn brings large movements of migrating birds - some heading south to a warmer climate, others seeking refuge in the UK from the cold Arctic winter. In winter, look out for large flocks of birds gathering to feed, or flying at dusk to form large roosts to keep warm.
Spring
Look out for marsh harriers displaying over the reedbeds, great crested grebes performing their elaborate courtship dances and returning swallows skimming low over the water and grasslands as they collect insects. Listen out for skylarks filling the air with their song, the deep booming of male bitterns, male snipe 'drumming' as they vibrate their tail feathers to attract females and lapwings calling as they perform their aerobatic displays. Enjoy the fusion of colour as wildflowers burst into bloom and a host of brightly-coloured butterflies and dragonflies take to the wing. Spring is also a great time to see kestrels. You can often see several hovering around the site at the same time as they hunt for voles in the grassland. Kestrels have also been seen nesting in the huge dragline.
Summer
Watch overhead for herons and little egrets dropping into the reeds to feed, female bitterns flying low over the reedbeds as they seek out food for their chicks or marsh harriers passing food to each other in flight. Keep an eye on the open water for lines of young ducklings paddling along behind their parents or young great crested grebes riding around on their parents' backs and admire the abundant lilypads on the lakes. Stoats, weasels and water voles are often seen at this time of year as are basking butterflies and dragonflies hawking the waters edge. Thousands of black-headed gulls set up a colony at this time of the year filling the air with their calls. Summer is the best time to spot the elusive black necked grebe as it will have its fluffy youngsters in tow. Avocets also nest at this time of year. St Aidan’s is a good place to spot this iconic bird that is the logo of the RSPB.
Autumn
Autumn sees the arrival of migrant birds, such as black-tailed godwits, ruffs and green sandpipers. Local birdwatchers will also spot a few rarities such as spoonbills and pectoral sandpipers. Huge flocks of lapwings arrive to spend winter with us and can be seen around pool edges and on grassland. Short-eared owls hunt over the reedbeds and our winter wildfowl begin to arrive. Look out for flashes of blue as kingfishers flit up and down the river.
Winter
Waders and wildfowl such as lapwings, curlews, wigeons, teals, shovelers and goldeneyes gather in big numbers, roosting and feeding across the grasslands and pools. Water rails can be spotted feeding on frozen pools, or you can listen out for their strange, pig-like squealing! The elusive bittern is also drawn out into the open at times. One of the most awesome spectacles in winter is seeing massive flocks of roosting birds panic and fly into the air as peregrines hunt over the site. Look and listen out for overwintering stonechats. Their calls sound like two pebbles being knocked together!
Facilities
Facilities
•Visitor centre
•Car park : There's a car park charge of £2.50 per car for RSPB non-members. RSPB members and disabled badge holders park for free. We have cycle parking and a height restriction of 2.7 m (8' 10'') for vehicles.
•Toilets
•Disabled toilets
•Baby-changing facilities
•Picnic area
•Group bookings accepted
•Guided walks available
•Good for walking
•Pushchair friendly
Nature trails
Bowers Bimble: Starting from the car park, this 0.9-mile (1.5 km) flat trail takes you on a short walk around Bowers Lake then through grassland and wild flower meadows. Great for a relaxing stroll (20-30 minutes).
Lowther Loop: For a walk through shady woodland glades and along the banks of the River Aire, venture onto this 1.3 mile (2 km) flat trail. In wet winter months, it’s a welly boot walk (60 minutes).
Hillside Hike: For stunning landscapes and panoramic views of the nature park and surrounding areas, t ake a hike onto the hillside. This trail is 1.3 miles (2 km) with some steep hills and inclines, which wind through the trees and grassland (40-60 minutes).
Reedbed Ramble: To explore the magic of the whispering reedbeds, take a walk on this 1.7-mile (2.8 km) flat route that runs around the edges of the reedbeds and loops back to the main entrance (40-45 minutes).
As the new custodians of St Aidan's, we are aiming to improve the accessibility of our paths as soon as we can. Please contact us for updates on footpath and bridleway conditions.
Refreshments available
•Hot drinks
•Cold drinks
•Snacks
•Confectionery
By train
The nearest train stations are Woodlesford (3.2 miles), Castleford (3.2 miles) and Garforth (4.3 miles). If you're going to be walking or cycling from the station to St Aidan's, choose Woodlesford station. Turn left out of the station then left onto the main road. When you get to the bridge over the Aire and Calder navigation, cross it, then turn right and walk along the riverbank until you reach St Aidan's. If you're going to take a taxi from the station to St Aidan's, head towards Castleford station as it's easier to get a taxi there.
By bus
The nearest bus stop is just outside the entrance to St Aidan’s, on Astley Lane. The Number 167 Leeds to Castleford bus stops here and is run by Arriva Yorkshire.
By road
Reach us from junction 46 of the M1. Follow the A63, signposted Selby and Garforth. At the roundabout, take the fourth left for Wakefield A642, Swillington and Oulton. Follow the A642 for 1.5 miles then turn left on to Astley Lane. St Aidan's is 1.8 miles on the right.
From Castleford, follow the A656 (Barnsdale Road) north out of the town centre for 1.4 miles. Turn left onto Station Road towards Allerton Bywater and travel 1.2 miles. Turn left onto the Leeds Road (next to the yellow corner shop). St Aidan’s is 0.5 miles along the road on the left.
Please forgive me as I post yet another picture of my favorite winter bird, the cedar waxwing. As the cold moves in, I look forward each winter to their arrival.
Last week I took a day off and while outside filling up my bird feeders, I was thrilled to hear a flock of these in a neighboring tree. I watched as they (without warning) all seemed to dive into the holly bushes in my front yard to raid the red berries. Later on in the day, they visited my backyard for berries and I was ready for them, camera in hand. In a few weeks, they will begin their northern migration and I will be sad to see them go.
Forgive me but I cannot remember whose texture I used on this.
Thanks everyone for your visit!
I was so nervous there would be people passing by D:
One did, but just as I was packing (:
I've been hearing sirens all day long... pretty weird.
My best friend is arriving tomorrow morning :D
I haven't seen her in 10 months...
Beautiful autumn colors reflected in a roadside water puddle in the Adirondack Mountains.
The Adirondack Mountains form a massif in the northeast of Upstate New York in the United States. Its boundaries correspond to the boundaries of Adirondack Park. The mountains form a roughly circular dome, about 160 miles (260 km) in diameter and about 1 mile (1,600 m) high. The earliest written use of the name, spelt Rontaks, was in 1724 by the French missionary Joseph-François Lafitau. He defined it as tree eaters. In the Mohawk language Adirondack means porcupine, an animal which may eat bark. The Mohawks had no written language at the time so Europeans have used various phonetic spellings. The mountains were named Adirondacks in 1837 by Ebenezer Emmons.
The William Livingston house, completed in 1893, was one of the earliest known efforts of Albert Kahn, who designed the facade while working for the office of Mason and Rice. Its renaissance revival character demonstrates what Kahn had learned on the European tour that he had just completed. He was 23 at the time, good god. William Livingston was born in Dundas Ontario (just outside of Hamilton, in what was then the province of Upper Canada) in 1844 and later came to detroit, founding the Dime Savings Bank in Detroit in 1900.
This house is now primarily known for its spectacular slump and collapse over the last decade. This is really unfortunate because this was one of the more dignified houses in a city of great buildings, whose design is worth studying on its own merit outside of its process of decay. I wish I had more pictures of this one from this period.
Formally this building is pretty fantastic for a youngster and either indicates the strong hand of someone guiding him or a lot of innate talent (probably both). I like the massing of it - this isn't a huge house but pulling the stonework (terra cotta?) up into the dormer and tower along with the steepness and height of the roof bump up the scale, while the asymmetrical arrangement of symmetrical elements shows that it doesn't need to be too serious. The delicate flare at the eave, marked with the punctuating brackets on its half round gutter is perfect base and counterpoint to the steep hip roof - takes the massive scale of the roof and ties it to the articulation of the building below where they meet, while allowing you to feel the weight of the slate (push down a big heavy pyramidal shape onto a big stone block and it should flare out at the bottom). I love that the house is focused forward - both the tower and dormer stack have sets of paired windows pointed in the same direction looking at you - they make the house seem confident and comfortable with its location as a mid block house. I like the way the steps spill out around their blocky piers. The stone vertical and horizontal bands and columnettes keep your eye engaged, as do the slight shifts in window sizes around the main elements, and the fact that the four pairs of dominant window banks have stone meeting rails. The tiny window in the field of brick above the entrance is brilliant and is great tension with the massive chimney on the opposite side and the thickening foundation in the base. Why the little tiny patch of brick that is nowhere else on the front? Love it. Would be great to see the architectural drawings for this if they exist.
Originally this building sat on Eliot Street in Brush Park, Detroit, but was moved one block east in I think the 1990’s. At that point the building was abandoned, and perched on its substandard foundations it gradually began to slump and become derelict. After the collapse of its façade in the summer 2007, the building was demolished on September 15th.
I took this photo in 1983 when it still sat on Eliot. As far as I know the only other photos of the building from before the move are the one in W. Hawkins Ferry's book "The Buildings of Detroit" and one taken in 1991 by Smartee Martee -
www.flickr.com/photos/smartee_martee/264104706/
www.flickr.com/photos/southofbloor/4129955586/in/set-7215...
1976 - www.placepromo.com/display.php?id=3128&built=&add...
For an update on this building go here.
www.detroitfunk.com/2007/04/10/and_all_the_kings_men.htm
and here
www.detroitfunk.com/2007/09/16/the_death_of_slumpy.htm
Equinox27 has a great round of photos on his site that show some of the other sides of the building here:
www.flickr.com/photos/50788895@N00/3206339126/
Whitewallbuick has a really good 3/4 view here:
www.flickr.com/photos/37603091@N02/3505706790/
and ejosrq has the opposite 3/4 here:
www.flickr.com/photos/55726612@N00/138732202/
A number of houses of similar form remain throughout the city though maybe not as refined as this one. Two Indian Village examples are here
www.flickr.com/photos/southofbloor/4087894907/in/set-7215...
and here
www.flickr.com/photos/southofbloor/4102774183/in/set-7215...
Old Slumpy, RIP.
A time-elapsed photograph of a rural landscape just outside of Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin.
The scene was illuminated by the lights of a barn and the rising sun, which created what is called The Belt of Venus.
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An incredible location just outside Canyonlands National Park.
This was today's sunrise.
A 3 image HDR.
Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis) ~ Pinellas County, Florida
I watched this grey kingbird snag an insect out of the air and return to its perch. I think it is an orchid bee of some sort, but please feel free to correct me if I am mistaken. Regardless, it looks crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside!
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