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It can be very difficult to get a good underwater photo while snorkeling. Battling the current and your body's buoyancy while trying to remain still enough to get a clear shot can be a challenge. Occasionally everything comes together for me and on the reef I photographed this beautiful angelfish in the company of some very colorful white grunts.
Sparta Township, Sussex County, NJ
August 16, 2024.
Found this tree frog in my driveway as I was about to take my dog for a late evening walk. I placed him on our patio table, took a shot, and released him into the woods behind our house.
First confirmed record for the Fraser Valley in Coastal British Columbia, this flycatcher is one of the difficult to identify empids. Luckily the Gray flycatcher is the only empid that regularly dips its tail downward, simplifying the identification challenge.
Gray-blue Tanager
Costa Rica
Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/80s f/6.3 at 400.0mm iso200
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Lula is laying on a gigantic fleece bean bag chair... it' the only place I can get her to sit still. She knows exactly what I want as we've been at it since she was a little puppy. I think she's over a year now.
She looks tough but in reality... she's an absolute sweetie!
I had been reading about the report of the Gray Flycatcher for a while but I just never got around to checking it out until this morning. I ran into someone else when I got there and a very few momments later it showed up.
(It is a lifer, I missed on them in the Okanagan last spring so I am pleased to get it now).
It did come back some time later but by that time it was getting too populous for me so I headed home.
I was in Washington's Crossing State Park near New Hope PA day before yesterday and heard this Gray Catbird scolding me. LOOK at that open mouth for pete sakes!
I have never seen one until now and I am a bird watcher from long ago. This bird is 9" long with a beautiful reddish brown patch under the tail.
I hate that this is so cropped and not crisp but he was pretty, so here he is, my flaws and all. I had to go to the very limit of my 200 lens. I try. :-)
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Gray Girl captured with a Nikon D610, Sigma 150mm Macro, ISO 400, f/3.5, 1/400. Used Arsenal in handheld mode. Editing just in lightroom 6.
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This common butterfly is superficially similar to the rare White M Hairstreak, which was nearby at Western Regional Park, MD.
They are typically gray with a white underside, though they can also be black, especially in some urban environments. Their tail is large, bushy, and used for balance and communication.
there was a bush right beside this guy was a flock of rose-breasted grosbeaks feasting on katydids...could not get a shot that wasn't all messy with branches...gave up, but got this guy anyway
The Hairstreak Butterflies have tiny hairs near their tails that resemble antenna. These pseudo-antenna even move to some extent which enhances the deception. Combine these with the eye spots on the wings and predators get confused about which end to hit. Many butterflies survive such hits but have missing pieces of their tails. They seem none the worse for the wear and tear.
Explore - Highest position: 157 on Saturday, May 9, 2015
UPDATE 050409 - He's staying and I've named him Louie!
02-28-09: This is Cat (real name Chuey)- he literally walked in my back door a couple of weeks ago. After a few days, I did find his owner, Miss Carrie. She's going through a tough stretch right now, so I'm fostering Cat until she's back on her feet.
He's a beautiful blue gray kitty with a bad right eye, sweet as can be and loves my blanket!
My BBC (Big Black Cat) Bear passed away in July 2007, and my Yorkie Maxie (the dog in my icon photo) passed away in April 2008. Lately I've been dreaming of my first Yorkie baby Cricket, who died in Sept 1999 (I don't have any digital photos of her but will scan some old ones). I think she's been telling me something...
Anyway, Cat has a safe place to stay for a while, and I think he's smiling a bit in this picture. His mom needs a break right now, and I'm giving it to her. Hope she holds up her end of the bargain...
I hope to get more pictures of Cat but as most kitties, he doesn't pose well.