FRIENDLY CHALLENGES
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Carpenter bees (Xylocopa) are solitary bees (similar to mason and leafcutter bees), and their excavation efforts involve creating a tunnel to raise their brood. Fortunately, they are exceedingly docile as the males don't sting at all, and you practically have to squish the female between your fingers to elicit a reaction.
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I was just passing by, walking along in the village of Oberndorf in Lower Bavaria (Niederbayern). We were complete strangers. But I broke the ice by offering the horses a couple of juicy plums from a tree beyond the electric fence. From that moment on we were the best of friends. I posted one image of these two back in 2018, but I like this one too. [FUJI8598_lr_2000]
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The only way to get a clean shot was to crawl part way under the gate (the only part of the fence not electrified), which resulted in the somewhat unusual POV. There was no threat - their body language says it all.
When your subject takes a couple steps forward and decides to fold her arms, you know she trusts you. Shortly after she dozed off. Wish every Bobcat would do this. Lol!
Seen along the trail in the DeVoto Memorial Cedar Grove in the Clearwater National Forest, along highway 12 in northeastern Idaho. The grove is named for Bernard DeVoto, a conservationist and historian of the American west.
Beautiful fox who befriended us and lived in our garden, she would sleep next to us in the garden and pop into the kitchen for a treat.
Only one of all the Red-backed Shrikes I saw at the Cristei Meadow was brave and friendly enough to approach me.
The blue heron was very skittish and lifted his head to get ready to take off while the duck was at ease looking for some duckweed or some other green food !!