The Herring Gull picked off this unsuspecting Atlantic Puffin and tried to make off with the tasty meal. But to no avail. The puffin, you all will be glad to know, escaped the wily clutches of the ferocious gull.

I was photographing these "Lucifer" buds the other day right after the rain stopped. When I uploaded this image, I saw these awesome green rays behind the bud, and realized that they must have been leaves. I love surprises!

The Long-horned Bee was close enough that the Flower Crab Spider grabbed the Bee with its strong front legs! The Bee attempted to sting the spider and had enough forward momentum that he was able to escape the clutches of the spider. The Bee then made several flybys and buzzed the spider. This made me laugh as the Bee was very angry that the spider would to try to eat him. The Bee then went back to foraging for pollen and the spider crawled under the petals.

and let's play.

Taken at Sunny's

Her: Be quick, we need to get out of here!

Him: Wait this is heavy!!

Photo taken for The Main Event photo contest.

Taxi to Fall-o-ween

Recognitions

This snapshot was made cover of the groups:

- Wonderful SL world in Oct 2021

- Second Life Give me all your pics! in Oct 2021

Pose coming soon at MomentuM

♪ Rebels

while waiting for more salmon.

This is one of the very tiny triplets I've posted lots of shots of on here

Got so many shots of these little ones. You haven't seen the last. So bear with me. ( I know! Eye roll! LOL!)

Détails chez moi

For a brief couple of minutes on this morning's dog walk there was the most wonderful light from a mix of relatively low sun and a bank of dark cloud.

Could have done without the wire fencing which marks the extent of the land associated with the latest lot of new-builds on the edge of Alnwick, but there you go!

The shot was taken at 59th and Central Park North in Manhattan.Those people were running out of one of the Time Warner Center towers flic.kr/p/NEKVWt

as I was trying to take a shot of the skyline.59th St is one of the few locations in Manhattan where one can catch a view of the skyline from the street.Most of the buildings shown here are residential,a few are hotels.Central Park is just across the street from them.The small white building (far right) is an art and design museum,and one of the few museums in the city that allows visitors to take photos.I took the shot as I was walking to a nearby subway station to go home,I had a loooong day 😩

Spring warblers continue to elude me, so here's a shot I took two years ago today, that I haven't previously posted.

Canada Gosling (Branta canadensis)

Beth & Leighton Heading home from the garage

Sleepy Bay City

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mordicub/172/87/2541

There's a hole in the hand. The nails are teeth,the thumb is a tongue and the wrist is a throat.

The Grab

Second year subadult eagle about to grab a large fish from the Susquehanna River

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Kids shure have a way of getting your attention!

While taking a few photos of this busy Pileated Woodpecker I only noticed when the photos were uploaded the wood boring beetle grub (marked) it found and ate.

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Gräber polnischer Soldaten, die in den Weltkriegen in der Schweiz während der Internierung starben

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Graves of Polish soldiers who died while interned in Switzerland during the world wars

The relatively balmy weather we've had this January means that there is no ice on the Mississippi, and thus the eagles are spread out. We saw quite a few of them-- well over 50-- but they all along a number of miles of the river, rather than being concentrated at the locks. They also were able to fish the entire width of the river, which resulted in more distant fishing shots like this one. The 'Eagle Days' event in Clarksville Missouri was packed with people, though.

Pentax 67

105mm f2.4

Fujipro 400H

In Switzerland, when you park your bike in a forbidden zone, huge hands emerge from the ground and drag your bike underground to be melted in magma. Once in a while, an unlucky driver is sucked down with it.

A green heron grabs a small fish as it prowls the shore of the Arboretum Pond at the For-Mar Nature Preserve and Arboretum, July, 2021.

Beemer

on white:

www.flickriver.com/photos/149829109@N03/40539480533/

The Grab

Eagle fishing on the Susquehanna River. Normally I like to show the eagle with the fish but in this case the eagle missed the fish

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I watched this unfold as a photographers bored child walks into his shot of the steps

"Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons."

Art Hirschfeld

Painting this Blue Spotted Coral Reef fish was such a pleasure. I found myself smiling as it found its way onto the watercolor paper.

Whilst bouncing up and down on the boat and returning to the mainland this cormorant (I think) came swooping down. Rather than duck (no pun intended) I grabbed this one shot and even though it is clearly out of focus it has a certain something that I find quite likeable.

Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission... © All rights reserved..

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I usually have a feeder underneath my porch awning every winter. I was watching this Carolina wren as it emerged with a peanut in its beak. They love peanuts and usually get them to go. This was taken in Northeastern PA.

1. Platz beim Wettbewerb der FotoFreunde-Rheinstetten.

I granchi blu non si possono contenere??

Gabbiano reale (Larus michaellis) con granchio blu (Callinectes sapidus) nella sacca degli scardovari (RO)

Blue crabs can't be contained??

Yellow-legged gull (Larus michaellis) with blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) in the scardovari pouch (RO)

This is the head of my Gibson 'Grabber' bass guitar. It has one pickup in a housing that can be slid towards or away from the neck to produce a different tone.

TUNE:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmE9f-TEutc

blogpost: Grab me tight..........

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I was very lucky to lock this image when the lady Kestrel put her body into action in order to hold onto her large prey during the windy day.

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Saußbachklamm

Visit this location at Burrow Co. in Second Life

Slow business leaves time to play with the cash.

tufted titmouse off with a snack. i did a series of these local feeder birds in action. so fun to stop them in flight and see their details. we see them everyday but its always so fleeting.

This array of parabolic dishes was set up in 1981 to collect and concentrate solar energy that in turn produced superheated steam to drive a power generator. The power station was shut down in 2005 and is preserved now as part of Australia's industrial heritage.

The sun is up, the wind is gentle... it's a perfect day to go kayaking on Georgian Bay, Ontario.

Tawny Owl, Hampshire UK