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Fourth image in this Pheasant Series...
This Pheasant would strut around with its head held high and alert, then it would relax, put its head down, and forage for food in the grass.
This capture shows the bird looking down at the ground and about to reach down and scoop up a bug or seed or fruit piece.
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A dowitcher, (long billed, I think) forages for food in the early morning light at Burnaby Lake, near Vancouver, BC.
Having spent some three and a half hours waiting for Badgers to come out the front door, the little toe-rags had slipped out the back to feed...
The North temperate rainforest environment is almost impenetrable so it is near impossible to see the sea wolves when they are near their dens. But they are more visible when they come to shore to feed on fish, which makes up 90 percent of their diet, with salmon accounting for a lot of that. They also forage on barnacles, clams and herring eggs and the occasional seal, river otter, and whale carcasses. Great Bear Rainforest, BC.
16/04/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
The marsh tit or barnacle tit is a species of passerine bird in the tit family. The species is a widespread and frequent breeding and annual bird in Central Europe. Here the approach to the sunflower to secure the last grains.
Tricolored Herons are very active foragers They “go all in”!
Shelter Cove, Hilton Head Island, SC, USA
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I left a pile of old plant cuttings from the garden. The first bird to check it out was a Junco.
They like to forgage for seeds that have fallen from the flower pods.
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A long-billed dowitcher wades across Pond 5 in search of aquatic edibles. I thought the colors had a nice autumnal vibe. There are some russet grasses around right now. And some trees are getting color.
The Caradon Mining District is a rugged, windswept and mostly treeless area. It sits high up in a remote but beautiful corner of Bodmin Moor. Surrounded by gorse, wildlife and mining settlements, where the engine houses stand stark against the open moorland.
Rising dramatically from the surrounding plain, the granite dome of Caradon Hill dominates the Area and is encircled by engine houses, chimney stacks, thousands of tonnes of waste rock from the various mines and quarries, and the track bed of the Liskeard & Caradon Railway.
These remains tell a story of boom and bust: the rise of copper mining here established new settlements and expanded others, but the explosion of mining activity within this formerly isolated landscape was to last barely 50 years.
The Caradon Hill copper boom began in the 1830s after the discovery of a large copper deposit at the South Caradon Mine. The mine was the third largest producer of copper in Cornwall and the west of England for 50 years.
The mining industry in Cornwall began to decline in the mid-19th century due to cheap foreign competition. The price of tin and copper fell, and many workers were made redundant. The last mines on Caradon Hill closed in the 1890s.
The Caradon Hill area is now a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is full of mining remains. The area is open to the public to walk across, but there are some safety restrictions.
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The White Ibis can often be seen foraging with their long curved bill in grasses in parks and lawns, especially after it rains. The rain brings up insects, grubs and worms making it easier for this bird to forage.
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
ORDER: Passeriformes
FAMILY: Passerellidae
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Dark-eyed_Junco/overview
Hanover, PA
I was shooting a few more test images in my back yard and found this Dandelion that had attracted a number of ants searching for nectar. Taking several dozen photos over about a twenty minute period, I tried to pop off a shot when an ant withdrew from deep inside the blossom. The majority of images were deleted immediately, being good, clear pics of just ant butts. Finally, several ants emerged and sat more or less atop the blossom resulting in this arrangement. I generally don't get decent images of moving subjects and these ants were a bit difficult to work with. Focusing was done manually by moving the camera and having these four ants almost in the same plane of focus was a fluke.
Taken with a Nikon D40, Nikon 105mm f/2.5 AI-S lens @ f/16, with a Beseler 6 1/2" Lantern Slide projector lens mounted on the 105mm. Lighting was provided by the camera's pop-up flash shot through a lens-mounted diffuser made from a white plastic bowl from a frozen dinner.
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A mature bighorn ram scraping the snow to clear an area to eat. The younger ram in the background rests and watches. Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, March 2025
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"A captivating portrait of a Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) delicately navigating the textured bark of a moss-clad branch. With its finely patterned plumage blending seamlessly into the woodland environment, the bird's curved beak and agile posture highlight its natural adaptation for foraging among the crevices of tree trunks. The warm, golden hues of the softly blurred background create a sense of depth and tranquility, accentuating the intricate details of the Treecreeper’s feathers. This composition encapsulates the quiet determination and elegance of this elusive woodland species."
Poznan, Poland
Autumn has officially begun and it won't be too long before I can wander through the forest and explore the color that will soon begin to show, such beautiful reds, golds, blues...breathtaking really! And, as you can see I am not the only one enamored with light! This was such a fantastic day spent foraging for light in the woods...
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