Tricolored Heron doing its walk on water routine.

Dipladenia flower about to unfurl

Advection Frost

One from the archives for the Looking Close on Friday theme of tip. I have no idea what the plant is!

Looking Close... on Friday: Tip

On tonight's episode of "Cats Are Perfect": the ear! This delicate, soft little ear possesses 32 muscles (we poor humans only have 6) and allows cats to keep their balance, move their ears 180°, and of course hear 5 times better than us. It never ceases to amaze me how these little killing machines with superfeline powers can be so graceful, elegant, beautiful... and so, so cute! (Incidentally, the cuteness is... not incidental. They share baby-like features with lots of baby animals, which makes us subconsciously attracted to them. But these devious little monsters have also managed to tune their purring to a human baby's cries, triggering our instinct to protect, help... and smooch. We are being totally manipulated. And we love that.)

I photographed this little Palm Warbler last week during Spring migration at Chicago's Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary.

Texture: The Daily Texture and Topaz Impression

HTT

CPKC is really pushing the limits of their mainline in the Mississippi River floodwaters in downtown Davenport, IA as an empty ballast train heads north with KCS 3967 and KCS 4405.

Another northbound would follow the ballast train 1.5 hours later and the mainline will possibly shut down yet today with floodgates closing at Waterworks.

April 29, 2023.

Male Orange Tip butterfly in my garden

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

A happy shot of a Douglas Fir tip. Things look so green in rain or drizzle.

Giant Swallowtail butterfly taking nectar from a wild Coneflower.

Common though not so abundant this year.

weiblicher Aurorafalter

Orange tip Butterfly seen at RSPB Leighton Moss. (2123)

Captured for Looking close on Friday: Tip. HLCoF everyone!

did try to put the Tears for Fears track here (tipping point) but for some reason I keep on getting a bad link - so I shall hum instead -----^^

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Loch Spelve, Isle of Mull

Looking close...on Friday!:-)

The subject is tip . . .

Just enough snow to give this bison frosted tips 😊

A male to follow on from the female posted previously, this one from my garden

When in the country I use to find antlers that had been shed, trick is to beat the field mice to the prize. That is my tip of the day on getting antler tips.

RSPB Baron's Haugh, Motherwell...have learned its best not to photograph these in bright sunshine!

Zingem 28-10-2019

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Viceroy butterfly surveying its domain.

Common.

Weekly challenge for Looking close on Friday!

Tune ♥

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A roosting female on a grey day near the Wirksworth Stone Centre in the Derbyshire Peak District (UK) (8803)

Anthocharis cardamines

This male Orange Tip was taking a few minutes rest on his favourite sprig of Hawthorn, from defending his patch. Orange Tip season seems to be almost over. A shame as I love to see them in spring, and this was a bumper year for them.

Linda Castro Nature Center, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas

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Looking Close on Friday: tip

Methinks I’ll stop now- this one is pretty darn good!! Sometimes my little iPhone acquits itself nicely!!

.......💙 HLCoF 💙

A Female Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) on the bright pink spring flowers

Old digital shot taken on a Canon EOS 40D

Happy Macro Monday

Gold glass holder creates the bokeh.

The remains of a hortensia flower, a little bit of one of the flowers is still holding on.

Happy looking close....on Friday!

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in the time of corona.

the dogs dig. everything has a tendency to be askew.

**I put the same photo in b&w tones below.

which do you like best, this one or the one below in comments?

Captured for Macro Mondays theme: tea.