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A young woodchuck cuts across the trail after coming out of the pond for a swim. l have seen lots of these lately. This one is lucky enough to live at the nature preserve, where nobody is going to consider him a pest.
Snow...in summer? An eastern cottonwood tree disperses its fluff, err, its seeds.
Trailhead Community Park, of the
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
15 July 2022.
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▶ “Populus deltoides —eastern cottonwood or necklace poplar— is a cottonwood poplar native to North America. One of the largest North American hardwood trees, it grows 65–195 feet tall (20–60 m), with a trunk up to 9 feet in diameter (2.8 m), . The bark is silvery-white, smooth, or lightly fissured when young, becoming dark gray and deeply fissured on old trees.”
— Wikipedia.
▶ “The name 'cottonwood' comes from the fluffy white substance that surrounds the seeds. These develop on the tree in early summer and can create a blanket of summer 'snow' or 'fluff' when they disperse in the wind. Only the female species of cottonwood trees produce the white fluff for which the tree is known.”
— Leafy Place.
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A Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) fluffs her feathers on the bank of Spreckles Lake in Golden Gate Park.
This lake is a little too deep for wading, so Snowy would hang over the edge or fly over with feet dangling and reach down to scoop up tasty bits with her beak.
One day we spent wandering up and down dunes at Wharariki Beach. This beach was made "famous" as the Archway islands off the beach were featured as the Windows 10 Desktop Wallpaper image. The day was overcast and cloudy and the light was just in the wrong angle to catch the colours in the rocks. There were only a couple of New Zealand Fur Seals around. The rock islands however were fascinating. Once we had wandered around and come back to the carpark we decided on a coffee at the secluded cafe under the large pine trees. As I finished my coffee and looked up, here were two Peacocks on top of the lopped trunks. They were both fluffing up their feathers. While it is not my best photo I did like it. HWW
Not a bogey bird but one where I know that it could be better. The cheek and eye aren't as sharp as the flank and that green "patch" could with not being there.
That being said, a beautiful bird and cute pose.
Press L
There were a couple of trees near the small pond at the Botanical Garden that had lots of these fluffy things on it. I have no idea what kind of trees they were. The 'fluff' looked pretty cool with the morning sun shining on it.
Anhinga female
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Early morning light, a Snowy Egret Fluff, posed and poised so beautifully who could pass up such an opportunity, life is good.
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Sat sunning itself under the hedge with not a care in the world. Denhall Lane, Little Neston, Wirral.
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A female Brown-headed Cowbird rests on a weathered perch with her feathers softly fluffed, standing out against a smooth green background.