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The wet firm leaves of the rhamnus leatherleaf californica (coffee berry) provides an amazing bathing opportunity for the Golden-crowned Sparrows. After a rain, I watched for many minutes as a Golden-crowned literally threw himself all over the wet leaves of the large mounding plant. Wings slightly opened at times, twisting, squirming and writhing, he kept up the very comical antics of getting every last piece of himself cleaned up before moving on and I walked away understanding that not only does this plant provide wonderful berries for mammals and birds and a dense cover, it offers a way for birds to manage their beautiful plumage!
thanks always for stopping by to visit and share....risa
Robber flies are so comical viewed up close. The eyes get me every time.
From various online sources: Robber flies are generally considered beneficial insects in Pennsylvania. They are predatory insects, meaning they eat other insects, which can help control populations of pest insects in gardens and other environments.
Robber flies are voracious predators, both as adults and larvae. They eat a wide variety of other insects, including pest insects like aphids, grasshopper eggs, grubs, and beetle pupae.
Robber flies are generalist predators, meaning they don't specialize in eating just one type of insect. This makes them effective at controlling different types of pests.
While they can bite if mishandled, robber flies are not pests in the way that some other insects are. They don't damage plants or crops.
By preying on other insects, robber flies help to naturally regulate insect populations, reducing the need for chemical pesticides.
Their predatory behavior makes them a valuable addition to gardens, where they can help keep pest populations under control.
Pennsylvania, US, July 18, 2025, IMGP0289
This image must have been very comical to all the people I was with. They were all behind me and I'm trying to run, limp,and trod through the water trying to get him on take off, and looking like a real klutz. They were yelling and laughing at me and at one point I think I almost fell in the water with all the excitement. But in any case I didn't get the shot I wanted with the wings in forward motion, anyway folks iti is what it is and thank you for listening and as always stopping by.
Florida Softshell Turtle (Apalone ferox)
water-turtle afield - shell size about 2 Feet
In The Wild - Florida Everglades U.S.A.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_softshell_turtle
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades
She was briskly-walking up on a land-bridge, traveling between two bodies of water. She's fairly large (approx. 2 Ft x 1 Ft x 10 inches tall), although I have seen them just a bit larger. She seemed to have 'two-lives' on this beautiful bright day; one life 'in the water' and another 'on-land'. She wasn't afraid and seemed happy. I got right down on her (eye) level on the ground about 10-feet in front of her to get this angle. She just kept walking right at me. LOL I eventually had to get out of the/her way! LOL She stopped at the dirt-path to
look-me-over, and continued on her way down the far-slope and
into her 'Water-World'. And then she was gone! Thanks for looking.
Contact Kurt says of the Softshell Turtle on one of his posts:
"Stranger in a Strange Land. On her journey into the future."
flic.kr/p/2iX9h37 and flic.kr/s/aHsjuQ6qKv
Contacts Lynn & Will say: "It's egg laying season." - Of course!
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - that nose! LOL]
*[Everybody seems to love her! Sure am glad I decided
to get 'down-on-the-ground' with her! LOL She's a star!]
The Hooded Mergansers are quite comical to watch as they indulge in breeding behavior. Likely as silly as some teenage boys.
This figure is located at the Cowboy Travel Plaza & Smokey Pokey. HWY 51 east toward Stillwater, Oklahoma.
This beautiful Chaffinch spent such a long time viewing me viewing him it ended up being quite comical!
Without a layer of fat to insulate them, sea otters keep their body warm by frequent grooming--rolling in the water and rubbing their paws together; Enhydra lutris; Coleman Park, Morro Bay, CA
An antique celluloid pin and a ultra worn merchant marines bank note early 19th or late 18th century.
Macro Monday's
Pins
HMM!
This young Eastern Cottontail rabbit and I played a game of hide and seek as I attempted to photograph him. A row of vegetation about four fee wide separated us, and every time I would move to his side, he would run into the plants. This went on for about ten minutes, and was actually quite comical. I ended up taking my shot through a clearing in the plants, as the rabbit was intently watching my every move. Best viewed large (L) for detail.
Thanks for alll the views, favs, and comments. Much appreciated.
Enjoy the weekend~!
My friend and I had our cameras on tripods pointed at each other and the response from passerby's was quite comical!
RSPB Radipole Lake- Weymouth
He looks so comical with his hood fully raised. I have nicknamed him beaker from the muppets.
Many thanks for the faves and comments, they are all very much appreciated.
Greenwich, CT... I've watched a pair of tree swallows claim the same nest box for a couple of years now. I've taken to calling them Archie and Edith because of their constant comical squabbling around the nest.
I visited Fukuoka and Moji Harbor together with my wife at the end of March.
Moji Harbor is located at the northern end of Kyushu island and facing onto the Kanmon Straits.
Because the Kanmon Straits is so narrow strait, we can see the Shimonoseki town which is the western edge town of the main island of Japan.
I introduce some photos.
3月末に、家内と福岡および門司港を訪れました。
門司港は、九州の北端にある港で、関門海峡に面しています。
関門海峡はとても狭いので、本州西端の下関を見ることができます。
何枚かの写真を紹介します。
Location : goo.gl/PJDDtc
"Happiness is having a scratch for every itch."
- Ogden Nash
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Not everyones favourite animal, but can still be quite comical when youngsters pop up out from the leaf litter!
Our yellow Lab … 5 weeks old and 11 years old.
He walked with a comical waddle at the time of the first picture and had trouble getting to his feet by the time I took the second picture, in early 2020.
Around the same time in 2020, one mixed-breed dog began pounding on another down South. The resulting litter of puppies would later be dumped on a roadside amid the worst of the COVID pandemic. Some would make their way north to a local dog rescue group, and one of them would join our family while we were all working from home.
Now the puppy alternately torments and snuggles with the old dog, and the old dog alternately seems a lot younger and a lot older than he did a year ago.
Postscript: The circle was closed June 6, 2021. Over the final 12 hours we fed him meatballs, bacon, pancakes and an ice cream cone to give him strength for the journey.
This image just reminded me of this saying somehow as the Gibbon slowly removed bits off the top of the grasses.
He loves me, he loves me not or She loves me, she loves me not (originally effeuiller la marguerite in French) is a game of French origin[citation needed], in which one person seeks to determine whether the object of their affection returns that affection.
A person playing the game alternately speaks the phrases "He (or she) loves me," and "He loves me not," while picking one petal off a flower (usually an oxeye daisy) for each phrase. The phrase they speak on picking off the last petal supposedly represents the truth between the object of their affection loving them or not. The player typically is motivated by attraction to the person they are speaking of while reciting the phrases. They may seek to reaffirm a pre-existing belief, or act out of whimsy.
In the original French version of the game, the petals do not simply indicate whether the object of the player's affection loves them, but to what extent: un peu or "a little", beaucoup or "a lot", passionnément or "passionately", à la folie or "to madness", or pas du tout or "not at all."
This fortune-telling is shown as a pantomime in the 1st act of Giselle, ballet by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot (Paris, 1841).
This comical looking creature with the oversized wings is another member of the planthopper family, this time in a sub-family with the tongue-twisting name "Dictyopharidae".
Dictyopharidae is a family of bugs in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha belonging to the suborder Fulgoromorpha.
All insects / arachnids are photographed in their natural habitat.
I was really just taking photos of the flowers then I saw these 2 bugs. I watched them and the bigger one actually looked like it turned toward the other one and started talking to it. I found it comical and I pictured them chatting.
"You have suet all over your face!"
Redpoles at the suet/bird feeder last summer - he/she was putting their entire face into the suet - as you can see "its head is quite a mess" - I laughed out loud when I saw it and imagined the above comment being made by the partner. LOL!!
We're bracing for a huge snow storm - due in tomorrow - I expect the poor little birds will often be visiting all my feeders - just filled all of them.
Update - Monday - the storm is here and it's officially a "blizzard" - absolutely awful weather.
Rockport, Texas
The Brown Pelican is a comically elegant bird with an oversized bill, sinuous neck, and big, dark body. Squadrons glide above the surf along southern and western coasts, rising and falling in a graceful echo of the waves. They feed by plunge-diving from high up, using the force of impact to stun small fish before scooping them up. They are fairly common today—an excellent example of a species’ recovery from pesticide pollution that once placed them at the brink of extinction. (www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_Pelican)
A weird looking bug with attractive colors and comical looking "nose". Shot with a Takumar SMC 135mm f2.5 lens.
It was difficult to hold back the laughter when I caught this little owlet looking down the burrow where they all live when the are not out running around or flying . It was so comical how he got his head almost to the ground to get a good view of the hole leading into the burrow. These little guys can not help but make you smile.
Have a great and blessed night.
Another shot of my raccoon visitor looking quite comical as it was grooming its tail. The same raccoon climbed the chestnut tree for a snooze last Wednesday and it obviously had such a restful time that it came back again on Saturday morning. This time I caught it having a bit of grooming session before it went back to sleep for the day. A few times it was actually upside down and I was worried it might fall out of the crow's nest and tree as it was at least 35 feet up. But all was well as I think this raccoon has most likely done this before!
I came across this story about a man in Nova Scotia who might have too many raccoon friends!
www.boredpanda.com/raccoons-hot-dogs-james-blackwood-nova...