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Kruger National Park
This drab colored bird is a common resident in the Kruger National Park but you should not be misled by its appearance. The drongo is a highly intelligent bird and has the ability to mimic calls of other animals and it uses this skill to distract them. For example the Dwarf Mongoose has a number of different alarm calls for different predators. The drongo has learnt to imitate these calls. It will sit in trees above the foraging mongoose watching closely and waiting for one of them to catch something. At this point the drongo screeches the mimicked mongoose alarm call, sending the whole colony scattering for cover – leaving behind the food that they have just caught. The drongo then swoops in, picks up the abandoned food and heads back into the trees to enjoy the mongooses’ hard earned meal.
A herd of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) graze on green grass in a pasture in the South Fork Valley southwest of Cody, Wyoming. This view combines the green grass of summer with the snow of winter. This unusual combination resulted from a Labor Day storm that dropped sow and temperatures across Wyoming. Only a temporary snow cover however since temperatures in the 70s and 80s are expected by the weekend.
The field lies the valley along the South Fork of the Shoshone River. The trees in the center of the photo lie along the river. Although this area is within the boundary of the Shoshone National, the field in the photo lies on one of several ranches that are private inholdings within the forest.
The name elk was given to these animals by early European settlers in North America. "Elk" is a word usually used in Europe for a moose. This causes some confusion among some European visitors. The other name used for elk is wapiti, a Shawnee word which means “white-rumped deer" or "white deer". There are 3 subspecies of elaphus recognized currently in the United States. The Rocky Mountain Elk have the largest population and the widest distribution. To make things even more confusing, Cervus elaphus has also been called Cervus canadensis. The name is still in use by some.
The Cliffs that rise above the valley flow consist of stacked lava flows, flow breccias and debris flows that are part of the Absaroka Volcanics Supergroup. This group of igneous rocks are the remnant of a volcanic field that was active in the Eocene between 53 and 43 million years ago.
Für "Smile on Saturday"
Thema "Fork(s) reflected in spoon(s)" am 22.03.2025.
A "Happy Smile on Saturday" 😊
and a pleasant weekend for all of you.
Many thanks for all your views, faves and comments.
Carter Mountain, covered with new snow, rises behind a ranch on the South Fork of the Shoshone southwest of Cody,Wyoming
I get poison ivy so bad I've been hospitalized so for the first 25 years of my life I didn't venture into the woods very often and I think that is the impetuous of my love affair with nature now during the second half of my life after moving to Washington from Missouri.
I enjoy little scenes like this immensely, indeed, this was early in the hike and still I stood here, smelled the chilled air, listened to the rush of water, the grinding of stones being carried downstream. I think if everyone took the time to do this the world would be a happier place. So open your window, turn on a tap and blow this up. You're welcome. :)
. . . For Macro Mondays theme; "Forks".
Here you see my fork searching for the perfect maraschino cherry to top off my ice cream sundae.
HMM!
Date and Time (Digitized) - 2021:04:22
West Fork is a famous hiking trail in Sedona, Arizona. This trail is 3.3 miles into a canyon and then a return trip out of the canyon. There are 13 stream crossings where you have to jump from rock to rock to get across. That makes 26 stream crossings altogether to get in and out! We took this picture at the very end of the trail where the canyon comes together into these beautiful rock formations. The trek in and out ended up taking longer than expected and we were chasing daylight by the end of our trip. Luckily there was still a hint of light left during our final stream crossing so we were able to keep ourselves and the camera equipment dry!
The North Fork of the Shoshone as it heads for the Blackewater Ranch Bridge in Shoshone National Forest west of Cody, Wyoming.
A trio of CSX trains are tied down at 'Forks', just outside of Buffalo, New York on a damp November evening.
An adult bird perched high in a tree waiting for its quarry (insects) to fly by before swooping down on them.
Image taken in the Mara North Conservancy, Masai Mara, Kenya.
Many thanks to everyone that views and comments on my images - very much appreciated.
The theme "Forks" for MM was so much fun. That's why I would like to share a few more pictures with you.
My take on a famous photograph titled “Fork” by Hungarian photographer André Kertész. My angle and light are slightly different and my plate is much smaller and shorter than Kertész’s. Regardless, I haven’t done many still life photos this year and it was a good practice exercise.
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I had three fairly good images for Macro Mondays theme. I thought I would throw onw out early lest they sit in the queue forever.
Macro Mondays