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Went to the east side of the state and found some Bull elk. They are magnificent.

I toss out peanuts for the squirrels I guess this one thought it was gold since that was all it could find, either that or it’s break time.

Rotkehlchen / European Robin / Petirrojo Europeo / Rougegorge /

Erithacus rubecula

So attentive last evening when we were going by.

Meet Flatty, she is a beautiful Kookaburra. Every afternoon she sits on the fence and waits for me to call to her. If I don't appear in good time, she calls to let me know she's waiting.

When I call her, she flies down to sit beside me to have some food. I call her Flatty because she has a flat head. She also has a dislocated beak which makes it difficult for her to pick up food. So I give her very small portions which I throw to her, even from 15cm away. She catches the food and most times it goes right inside her beak, and that way she is able to swallow it easily.

In this shot she's about to launch herself to glide across my yard and set down beside me. Flatty is one of four Kookaburra who live close to my home, they visit almost every day. They're all special, but Flatty is my favourite.

Venise-en-Québec

Wildlife in the city

Photo taken May 13, 2022

Near Oak Harbor, Ohio

Female kingfisher

Spring is rapidly aproaching, I sit in a meadow with a friend, and smell the flowrers.

Dimension 135mm F3.5

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An impressionist view from the shore of one of the largest lakes at Plantsbrook Nature Reserve. A haven for wildlife, and one of my favourite places to walk with Marnie and my camera.

~ Created in Topaz Studio with my own texture applied in PicMonkey ~

Many thanks, as always, for having a look and for your kind comments and faves -- I really do appreciate them all.

Thank you, everyone, who helped my picture into Explore on 12 August 2021 - I'm delighted and honoured !

Fistioni turchi

Lago di Garlate

not my best shot but I'll be looking for these this year

Isle-aux-Coudres

From a large genus of flowering plants called Ranunculus, it grows in the wild in many places. It is poisonous to eat for humans and cattle but when dry the poison is not active.

I saw a sleeping fox lying on the rocks. And when he saw me he just yawned......

Mâle

Base de plein air de Ste-Foy

This is what the Bobcat was looking for.

Amazing to see these big bulls sleep and keep those antlers up straight.

Québec

renard argenté photo de Alexandre Voyer

I could not believe how beautiful, and tall this stand of pine trees was. Some of them planted as early as 1925.

What a great opportunity to see this well known couple first thing on our visit to Seney Wildlife Refuge. They've apparently been together since 1997, making the annual 3,000 mile migratory trip returning to Seney each year. Here's a great article on the couple:

www.audubon.org/news/the-worlds-two-oldest-common-loons-a...

This is closest encounter...nearly 15ft...

A barred owl perched on a branch.

Last nights pic as I was heading to bed. This am not much left of this pumpkin 🎃.

Cassowary

Why, he could charm the scales right off a snake (said with a Texas twang).

(?) Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) on a foggy morning in McGovern Centennial Gardens. Hermann Park. Houston, Texas.

A chipmunk in our hummingbird garden in Republic, WA.

She was checking out the flowers in the backyard. Isle Lake Alberta Canada.

National Wildlife Refuge - Bill Williams River, tributary of the Colorado River.

- Southwest Arizona