I'm not only a photo-holic but a cloth nappy-a-holic too.....these are some of chap's nappies out to dry on the line.

A Washington Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) in a "gular flutter" -- one method they use to cool down in warmer weather.

According to the Heron Observation Network of Maine:

"... birds do not have sweat glands like you and me. Instead, they lose heat through their respiratory tract. Some birds do this by panting, but others, including herons, do so by “gular flutter”. Gular flutter is a rapid vibration of the upper throat and thin floor of the mouth. By opening their mouths wide and rapidly flapping the thin gular membranes of the throat, they expose a large featherless area to moving air. "

(Photographed on our Oregon Coastal Therapy trip last week.)

Olympus OMD E-M5 + Lumix 100-300mm

spring in bloom, 130/365

The Greek flag bathed in golden light from a Santorini sunset

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I guess I'm attracting butterflies finally this year, or at least taking some time to film them...always so delicate.

This idilic scene was followed shortly thereafter by a splash and the flow of child's tears.

Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa).

See my 'Small creatures' set and slide show here

I was going through some of my old photos and found this one. It was taken around the Easter holidays last year in a little beach town called Dingo beach. I was cruising around my Aunties parents beach hut which backs onto some bushland and found this butterfly.

i used my d3000 with a nikon 55- 200 telephoto lens.

TITLE: Flutter

ARTIST: Eduardo Daniel Rodriguez

MEDIA: Acrylic/Canvas

DATE: 2006

SIZE: 66 x 64 inches

Pacific Science Center butterfly Atrium at Seattle Center

Another of these naive, corpulent little angels.

(4P) Following through on a suggestion. :)

Think I like this one better than the "real deal".

This was taken about 30 years ago with a Topcon Super D 35 MM. I scanned the slide with a little enhancement too.

A photograph of a dried tulip.

Trying to slow down my shutter speed and capture wing movement of the hummingbird.

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Small tortoiseshell

Blythe/ Momoko Size.

We took our friends baby girl for her first trip to Chester Zoo the other day.

Boo made a friend.

In Nockamixon State Park, which is five miles east of Quakertown and nine miles west of Doylestown in PA.

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Butterflies in thr Smokey Mountains along a creek bed.

Shirts with flutter front can make the look, compliment with a simple necklace and add a cardigan if desired

A female mandarin duck..