Light house of Patras city and the cat.

Khumbu the Snow Leopard photographed at Big Cat Sanctuary, Kent. He is scheduled to live at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire where I understand there may be a lady friend awaiting his arrival.

Working it’s way up the tree hoping to catch one of the butterflies that visit the upper flowers on the jatropha tree.

Castle Stalker (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal an Stalcaire) is a four-story tower house or keep picturesquely set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe.

four-spotted chaser or four-spotted skimmer

Vierfleck

[Libellula quadrimaculata]

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Reddish Egret doing what they do best.

Castle Stalker (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal an Stalcaire) is a four-storey tower house or keep picturesquely set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe.

The original castle was a small fort, built around 1320 by Clan MacDougall who were then Lords of Lorn. Around 1388 the Stewarts took over the Lordship of Lorn, and it is believed that they built the castle in its present form around the 1440s. The Stewart's relative King James IV of Scotland visited the castle, and a drunken bet around 1620 resulted in the castle passing to Clan Campbell. After changing hands between these clans a couple of times, the Campbells finally abandoned the castle in about 1840,

Castle Stalker / Scotland

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Snowy Egret

" I know that I can't have it all

But without you I am afraid I'll fall

I know I'm playing with your heart

And I could treat you better but I'm not that smart

When it comes to love, you're an easy fight

A flower in a gun, a bird in flight

It isn't fair and it isn't right

To lead you on like it's all alright

I played with your heart

And I could treat you better but I'm not that smart

You still mean everything to me

To me

But I wanna be free .."

- MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS -

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Little blue Heron

I've tried this scene a few times before; most folk shoot the castle from the nearest point, that headland over on the right, but I much prefer this view. It needs a very full tide though, and some drama in the sky. I suffered for my art this morning, over an hour in torrential rain before a break in the cloud gave that bit of hope in the sky and brightened up the river. Was hoping for a little shaft of sunlight to hit the castle but wasn't to be. Oh well, it will still be there next week.

A Green Heron with his crest up stalking prey! I wonder if he needs more hair gel.

RKO_8457. Image 103 of my Kenya trip.

Just imagine standing there and waiting for these slowly but determined approaching giants…..

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Sri Lankan rusty spotted cat, Nuwara in full on petite stalking mode.

Known as the world's smallest cat, if you visit Google, you will often see attempts to sell these as pets as they are so small, but as you can see from this image, they are lethal, can pack a punch and are not to be messed with. They are near threatened on the IUCN red list, mainly due to loss of habitat.

The original castle was a small fort, built around 1320 by Clan MacDougall who were then Lords of Lorn.[4] Around 1388 the Stewarts took over the Lordship of Lorn, and it is believed that they built the castle in its present form around the 1440s. The Stewarts' relative King James IV of Scotland visited the castle, and a drunken bet around 1620 resulted in the castle passing to Clan Campbell. After the castle changed hands between these clans a couple of times, the Campbells finally abandoned it about 1840 when it lost its roof. In 1908 the castle was bought by Charles Stewart of Achara, who carried out basic conservation work. In 1965 Lt. Col. D. R. Stewart Allward acquired the castle and over about ten years fully restored it. Castle Stalker remains in private ownership and is open to the public at selected times during the summer.[5]

I feel observed.

Eurasian Blue Tit

(Cyanistes caeruleus)

Castle Stalker is a picturesque castle built on a tidal islet in Loch Laich, an inlet of Loch Linnhe in Argyll, the Scottish Highlands. It can only be reached by boat but its' scenic setting makes for a very romantic location.

Used in Monty Python's "In search of the Holy Grail"

Khumbu, One of the male Snow leopard cubs playing with me!

Photographed at Big Cat Sanctuary, Kent

the picturesque depression castle in the Loch Laich, served about 1320 the clan MacDougall as a Towerhouse and Today is in the private possession.

die malerische Niederungsburg im Loch Laich, diente um 1320 dem Clan MacDougall als Towerhouse und ist Heute im privaten Besitz.

Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC

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Revisiting Kungsbro.

Early January morning with -19°C degrees at yet another favorite location. HDR - 3 exposures

With every placement of her tall slender legs, this Female Great Blue Heron stalks the shallow water for her next meal.

It was hunting Canadian geese.

Blue?? Well, this immature Little Blue Heron is in the process of molting away the white feathers of youth and replacing them with the blue-gray plumage of an adult bird.

See the photos in the comments for other views of this beautiful bird.

There is also a photo of one still all in white below (in-flight)

Photographed at Lake Hillmoor

A Great Blue Heron stalks a fish at a local pond...

"Adapt the pace of nature, her secret is patience"- Ralph Waldo Emerson

We sure could learn a lesson in patience from these elegant and very patient birds.

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Polar bear on the ice sea, eastern coast of Svalbard.

I watched this green heron stalking prey for quite a long time. Alas, he didn't capture anything while I watched him/her. This one was pretty small. Much smaller than a crow. Though bird references would have you believe otherwise, we see green herons year-round here in the Phoenix area.

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There are two bears at the ZooAmerica and hundreds of black vultures that have made the zoo their home. They keep stalking, pecking and biting them most of the time.

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Remnants of corn stalks doted the field.. a welcome winter feed for the birds...

Sunderland countryside, MA

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This bobcat was stalking some turkey. The group turkey saw him and flew up into a tree.

White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

From a visit to the Heathdale - Glen Orden Wetlands on this day in 2018.

Stalking Pupito at Senses - New Haiku/Winter

Tofu thinks the other cats sleep too much and occasionally he tries to convince them to rather play with him. It's not a very good idea to wake Sethi up, though, and Tofu knows that. That's why he approaches Sethi quite carefully. :)

As this photo includes Tofu's shadow I decided to post it for the Happy Caturday group theme "Light & Shadow". It's probably not the perfect choice but the alternative would have been no photo at all this week.

Happy Caturday !

Etosha National Park, Namibia