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This Green Heron made a sudden appearance, and I managed it catch it as it rose to land in a high branch close to where I was standing. (Wakodahatchee Wetlands) Greenies, as I like to call them, have a lot of personality. They have a wide range of vocalizations, often chase each other around, like to fish from a branch above the surface of the water, and have that slinky-like neck that can scrunch down or stretch way out, and can raise the feathers on their head like a crown. As juveniles, they are ridiculously cute, with the emphasis on ridiculous. I hope to get some of those this nesting season.
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Wishing everyone a wonderful 2025 and hope to see you out there.
Mike
(Butorides virescens) (Sony a1M2, 200-600 lens @ 474mm, 1/4000 second, f/6.3, ISO 6400)
You are so dandy, you're sweet as candy....🍥
I experimented with different lighting, sunlight, lamplight, I also experimented with the aperture setting. I found F5 worked very well in this ight. I was able to zero in on the green candy
The papaya is a small, sparsely branched tree. Its origin is in the tropics of the Americas.
The fruit is a large berry. It is ripe when it feels soft (as soft as a ripe avocado or softer), its skin has attained an amber to orange hue and along the walls of the large central cavity are attached numerous black seeds.
The unripe green fruit can be eaten cooked, but not raw due to its poisonous latex content. The ripe fruit of the papaya is usually eaten raw, without skin or seeds. The black seeds of the papaya are edible and have a sharp, spicy taste.
Panama
Canon PowerShot G10
I was finally able to get a shot of this beautiful bird! Here is some information about about them...
The heron you’re most likely to see in North America is the tall Great Blue Heron. But this stately bird has a much smaller and more secretive relative — the Green Heron.
This chunky, short-legged heron is about a foot and a half long, maybe about a third of the size of its larger cousin. And it’s a deep forest-green color, with a chestnut-colored neck.
The Green Heron forages for fish and small amphibians on the banks of small bodies of fresh water, using its plumage to camouflage itself amid the trees and shrubs. It perches, body horizontal and stretched forward over the water, still as a statue, waiting for small fish to come close.
Now, here’s the really cool part. This heron sometimes uses “bait” to lure its prey. It will break twigs into pieces small enough to make convincing lures and then cleverly drop them onto the water’s surface. Sometimes, instead of a stick, the heron will use a feather or even a live insect. Then the bird hunkers down and waits for an unsuspecting fish to swim close.
The Great Blue Heron may be easier to see, but be sure to keep an eye out for the small — and clever — Green Heron.
On our way back from Laguna Lejía, green grasses had grown in the desert thanks to the melting of the snow that had fallen a few hours earlier on our way in.
The small dry lake in the foreground is located 8 km (5 mi) west of Laguna Lejía.
The mountain behind it is Cerro Negro de Barriales (4665 m).
Laguna Lejía (Bleach Lagoon) is a salt lake in the Atacama Desert.
It is located in the Chilean Altiplano, in the Antofagasta Region,
100 km (62 mi) southeast of San Pedro de Atacama,
at an altitude of 4325 m (14,200 ft).
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A few days ago I found a Green Heron hunting at the edge of the Marina in Morro Bay - a happy surprise for me.
297) Little Green Pigeon
Little Green Pigeon, Treron olax, Punai Siul, Punai Daun
A pigeon that is a resident to rainforest of SouthEast Asia. Can usually be seen in wooded area and forest edges especially when there is fruiting trees nearby.
An evening Canadian National local in Hamilton, Ontario has just crossed over Burlington Street as it heads into Bunge with a pair of GP38-2's to pick up covered hoppers. They will then shove out of the facility and continue on to work other industries under the cover of darkness.
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CN N&NW Sub
Hamilton, ON
CN YHM303-12 (Local; Stuart Yard - Hamilton, ON to Hamilton, ON Turn)
CN 7502 GP38-2 Ex. 202, CN 5542 Blt. 1973
CN 7524 GP38-2 Ex. CN 224, CN 5540 Blt. 1973
This eagle came in really close as it flew by with its meal heading for the safety of nearby trees. It filled the frame nicely against the sky.
View large to take in the feather details, talons, and fish details as well.
Juvenile Bird feeding on Ants in the late afternoon.under the shade of a tree after another blistering hot day
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