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Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL
This butterfly was seen in the Countrywood/Bancroft neighborhood of Walnut Creek, California.
Notice how the rear end looks like a butterfly head. This may be to prevent predators from attacking the real head.
Primavera ou Maria-branca
Gray Monjita (Nome em Inglês)
Xolmis cinereus (Nome CientÃfico)
Tyrannidae (FamÃlia)
Passeriformes (Ordem)
Pássaro Silvestre
Parque da Cidade
Dona Sarah Kubitschek
BrasÃlia, Brasil
One eurasian gray wolf (Canis lupus lupus) standing on a small hill between fall foliage. Backlit scene.
Spring greens in the northern Sierra.
Plumas NF
I’m often undecided on whether a scene will look better with direct light, or later with supposedly better atmospheric color. This particular scene loses sun 2 hours before sunset this time of year, so I snapped this just before the sun dipped below a nearby ridge. I wish it was closer to golden hour, but I’m happy with the definition the direct light puts on the various contours of the landscape. I wasn’t confident in the sunset colors happening, which turned out to be a good hunch. I guess I’ll go back and try some other time. . .
Named for its mewing call, but capable of a surprisingly complex and continuous song. A secretive bird that stays close to dense cover and rewards patience.
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Houlover park
Thanks Carol Riddell for ID correction
Dark-Eyed Junco.
A sparrow-sized bird at 5 to 6 1/2 inches long. Variable but generally slate-gray or gray-brown above with a white abdomen sharply separated from the gray of the breast and a pink bill. The white along the sides of the tail shows in flight. Some birds have buff flanks. Birds of the dominent western form, the "Oregon Junco", have black hoods and rufous backs. The form breeding in the Black Hills, the "White-winged Junco", has white wing bars and more white in the tail.
Their habitat consists of coniferous or mixed forests. They winter in fields, gardens, city parks and roadside thickets.
They range from Alaska to Newfoundland and south to Mexico in the west and Georgia in the east. They winter south to the Gulf Coast and into northern Mexico.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) is a tiny, long-tailed songbird native to North America, known for its energetic behavior and high-pitched, nasal calls. This species inhabits deciduous woodlands, forest edges, shrublands, and riparian areas, often near water. It is the northernmost and only truly migratory member of its genus, breeding across much of the United States and southern Canada and wintering from the southern U.S. to Central America and the Caribbean.
Canon EOS 90D + Sigma 150-600 mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary. Postprocessed in Darktable.
I'm not sure if this is a feral cat or just a neighborhood cat that likes to sit under my bird feeders in which I shoo him/her away. It seems to be in pretty good health though.
I just got a Sigma 1.4 teleconverter in the mail yesterday so my feline friend became my first practice subject. The quality was still good in low light and it was hand held. So I was very pleased with the results and hopefully I can get a bit closer to skittish wildlife in the future.
I hope everyone enjoys this image! :D
This ground feeding babbler was akin to the Dunnock in its behaviour and size. It was also quite confiding as well so gave us quite close views.
Photographed after a very early start at a hide high up in the mountains
This gray fox surprised us by stepping out in the sunlight in late afternoon. We know it resides on our property but only occasionally get a glimpse of it as it quickly moves from one hiding place to another. A beautiful little creature.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during October 2020
Found this little Tree Frog hanging out in our Hydrangea bushes. As I was taking pictures of him he took a leap right on my glasses completely took me by surprise.
(Super Crop)
DISCLAIMER: This Snowy Owl was photographed from a safe distance, using a 600mm prime lens, with a 1.4 Teleconverter on a cropped sensor, which is a 1260mm equivalent. The image was also cropped in post editing.
Snowy Owl
The Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) is a large, white owl of the typical owl family. Snowy Owls are native to Arctic regions in North America and Eurasia. Younger Snowy Owls start with darker plumage, which turns lighter as they get older. Males are almost all white, while females have more flecks of gray plumage.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_owl