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I'm not sure what this interloper cat's name is, but Kilroy seems appropriate. Or Lucifer. That would work, too.
The male Hooded Merganser that was under pressure from another male ‘holds the fort’ after repelling the attempted usurpation of its place on the rock www.flickr.com/photos/luminouscompositions/54482757542/in...
The rebuff was partly due to the threat directed at the interloper by the larger ‘cousin’ of the Hooded Merganser, the male Common Merganser that happened to be nearby. The interaction happened at Chinook Winds Regional Park in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada. Photo 4/4
#52 Weeks: the 2025 edition
#Week 16: Easter egg
Taken with a pre-war Russian FED 10 50mm f3.5 uncoated collapsible lens @ f4.5, uncropped.
Three shot series. The Great Egret caught the crawfish, carried it over to the sandbar, where it was joined by the snowy egret. The Great Egret dropped the crawfish several times, picked it up, but eventually dropped it again, and the crawfish escaped.
Taken at Merced National Wildlife Refuge, where I just went with Marlin Harms, who has a killer photostream here on Flickr.
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The interloper trying to impress the resident female for all his efforts he was unsuccessful and soon driven off by the resident male
At this time of year Male Pheasents are very territorial and vocal...calling incessantly and warning off any interlopers who may want to stray onto their patch..Sometimes this can end in serious fights which can end in serious injury or even death.
Taken in Suffolk
AE and Archie, a nesting pair of American Oystercatchers, race interlopers across their territory.
Want to see more from this day out? Check out the post on my website.
Philadelphia Museum of Art. As T4 and F2 frolicked at the East end of the territory, this red-tailed hawk spent the better part of the morning hunting around the museum.
Screech owls used to nest in this box. Not any more.
American Raccoon [Procyon lotor]
Maumee Bay State Park Lodge boardwalk
Oregon, OH
1545*
Now up to trackspeed for the final stretch into Waterville, POWA (Portland - Waterville) clears the rails of fresh snow as they barrel east through Belgrade. Once upon a time, Hammond Lumber (the buildings in the background) used to be a rail customer, and had their own spur, but unfortunately they have shifted to trucks, and the spur removed, leaving just a few decrepit old loading docks, the corner of which can be seen by the MP128 milepost on the left. The two most recent of Pan Am's repaints are leading the train, the 615, and 511, followed by the 604, 613, and the lone Guilford interloper, the 344, with 51 cars trailing.
These two Male Great Spotted Woodpeckers were having a territorial dispute high in the canopy.The interloper (on the Left ) was chased away several times by the other male and eventually fled but not before they both had a verbal argument in this tree!
Taken in Devon.
For some strange reason after I’d finished processing the image I posted yesterday I played with a couple of Lightroom artistic profiles, liked one look and posted it. Now this is something I never do and to be honest on reflection I think its far too dark for my usual style. Now I say usual style with tongue in cheek as I don’t think I have a consistency in my finished images, to my eye my style is all over the place and the finished image is as much about my mood at the moment than any other thought. I envy many photographers I admire for there personal style and consistency, where I can come across an example of their work and recognise it as theres before I see any accreditation. Todays woodland, again taken yesterday is my own processing and it fits my mood today, but I can’t see anything defining as typical for my work, can you? One thing I’ll add I’ve pondered over the crop, it was originally taken as a 4:3 but decided on a 5:7 to include more of the righthand side as I felt the oak leaning into that space gives more balance to the birch interloper.
The completely submerged female is depositing eggs in vegetation while the partly submerged male maintains his grip behind her head with the tip of his abdomen. The male at the top is a potential interloper. Tule bluets (Enallagma carunculatum) at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge.
One of these is not of the same builder. I was surprised by how many Alcos I photographed on this June 1989 trip.
Obviously Coyote wasn't impressed with the photographer or the rolling red Toyota blind. Of course, we know he is just scent-marking his territory - leaving a message for interlopers, ie. other coyotes, that this turf is taken. Interesting that he is doing it on a bison patty. Coyotes live in a world of smells we can only imagine.
This ends the current winter wildlife scent; tomorrow, on to something new.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2024 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Here’s another interloper. This guy is a native of Africa and people thought they were so darn cute they imported them to Europe and then the United States. Of course, this one lives inFlorida - the unofficial capital of invasive species. Or rather, the national capital of humans who can’t help but bring weird, non-native animals home with them from faraway lands.
Anyway, as a “serious” bird photographer… I usually look down my nose at this one, because he’s an interloper. But here he was - preening and fluffing. I thought he looked kind of cool - just like the Egyptians thought when they put him on ancient art - and just like the meddlers thought when they decided they knew best which animals should live where.
Oh, and despite his name, he’s not really a goose, he’s a shelduck , but what the hell is a shelduck?
Common Name: Egyptian Goose
Scientific Name: Alopochen aegyptiaca
Taxonomy: Animalia - Chordata - Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae (Tadorninae)
2024 Bird Species Count: Somewhere around 70. (I'm behind on posting)
This poor eared grebe made the mistake of getting too close to the avocets' chicks. What ensued was a rather thorough beating and dunking of the interloper. The avocet closest to the grebe actually got its bill around the grebe's neck! When the grebe would dive to try and escape the avocets wrath, they would then pounce and continue to attack while the grebe was underwater. VERY protective parents!
Have a wonderful and Blessed weekend!
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Black Drongo is common throughout much of southern Asia, recognizable by its forked tail and glossy black plumage. This photo shows one in a typical perch surveying for the insects that it will sally out to catch. Despite their relatively small size, birds of this species are known for boldly chasing off much larger interlopers that fly into their territory. This individual was seen at the Doi Lo paddies in Chiang Mai province, Thailand.
A male western tanager gives an interloper a piece of his mind.
The tanagers were here for a few weeks in June before they headed west into the mountains to nest and raise their young. I thought I saw a female yesterday for a brief moment, but we are having our decks rebuilt and the feeders are not in their normal places. Hopefully when the work is done, the birds can get back to their regular routines.
Thanks so much to everyone who takes the time to view, like or comment on my photos!
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Short compilation of my resident family of Acorn Woodpeckers defending "their" suet stump against the interlopers.
If your interested I've posted a longer 4K version on my YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SFnQslryhY
Brown Acres - Southern Oregon
GoPro Hero 10
Well he finally made it onto my lap, even though Kaiser was already on there - lol. Kaiser couldn't have cared less. Strange how Ray and Kaiser both take no notice of our new interloper. However when it comes to Pixie he has to keep his distance, but then again she is like that with Ray as well. For those who don't know - Henry (the white cat) is one of our neighbours'
An interloper to be found at Bounds Green, haven't a clue why it was there, but something different I suppose.
W&LE 213 from Rook to Brewster this morning featured six SD40-2's, four still wearing the green/silver GCFX leasing scheme that was prevalent on Class 1 railroad's in the 00's. Despite the two interlopers, I can't complain with a retro-looking consist. This shot is at MPK144 on the west side of Bolivar.
Here is her story.... from my sister.........
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~She was a young kitten in 2011, so if you think about it, she's almost 12 now. She stayed with my granddaughter between then and now, except for when that family ran on hard times. We rescued Lily from the basement, where she was terrified by all the noise of the house being emptied. When I was called, the house was empty, except for a few things in the basement...one being Lily. They were ready to either leave her in the house, or capture her and take her to the SPCA. I found her behind a ladder which was on its side leaning up against a wall. I did know her and had seen her throughout that time, however, she was always shy and would not approach any of the rest of the family.
When I saw her "frozen by fear" behind that ladder, I did not know what would happen when I went to pick her up, so I took a jacket and a cat kennel, and hoped for the best. I did have gloves on as well, however, she was so terrified that she did not move a muscle, and was glad to be in the confines of the kennel, with the coat securely wrapped around it. I took her outside immediately and put her into the car with us. From there, she was shuffled around for a few days, and then both she and her denmate, Jade, came to live with us. We kept her first in the bathroom, until she and Jade got used to being in a new "home", and finally they felt safe enough to eat and use the litter box, and even come out of hiding when we came in to feed them. We moved them into our spare room, and Lily went under the bed. That became her refuge for some time. They stayed with us like that for several months, until we were evacuated by the wild fires in 2021. She then went to live with a grandson and his family, where there were several large dogs, chickens, pigs, rabbits, and lots of other cats, including kittens. Lily wasn't sociable to begin with, so this new place was not to her liking. She proceeded to eat and hide, which ended up being an unhealthy situation for her, and she gained a lot of weight and became very standoffish. Sadly during this process, Jade escaped from the house and never returned, so Lily had to go it on her own.
The family could no longer keep her, and asked if we might take her back, and we knew that our very old and sick Fluffy would put up with her, if we kept her in the room she left here from, so that's what we did. She was a perfect little interloper, and did not offer to bother Fluffy at all. He came and went in her room, and she just watched him and stayed out of his way. As the days wore on, and weeks passed, Lily lost a lot of her unwanted weight. When she first came back to us, she resembled a football on very short legs. She didn't look happy and we were sure she wondered how her legs had gotten so short.
We lost our beloved Fluffy cat a short time ago, and we all missed him sorely. Lily knew something wasn't right and she searched all the rooms several times. We moved her things out of the bedroom, slowly, ever so slowly over several weeks, so that she would not fuss. We knew she had had a tough enough time already. Finally, we moved the last litter box out into the laundry area and her introduction to being an only cat was finally complete. Now, Lily zooms up and down the hallway, and looks much slimmer. In fact, her legs do look longer, as does her tail, whiskers, and so on. She will still lose a bit more weight so that she reaches her optimum size, and we can tell she feels better.
Lily has become a moderately social cat these days, and if you come to visit now, she will only take a short period of time before she comes to see what is going on. She seems quite well adjusted and is getting used to all the household noises.
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She has the more or less regular markings of a Tabby on her face, but her body is another story. Hopefully we will have some photos soon to show how beautiful and unusual her coat is.....
She is such a pretty girl and her legs are definitely getting longer..... ...
photo taken by my sister with her phone...I just cropped it and lightened it a bit ....
Cinnamon Teal drakes contest for a mate. Note that the female looks on but remains outside the fray.
Photographed at Fruit Growers Reservoir, Western Slope, Colorado.
True story: I filled my watering can up and proceeded to water some potted plants. But only a dribble came out. So, I unscrewed the cap with all the holes in it (white object at bottom of image) and proceeded to rinse it out. There was a little bit of debris in it, but it did not seem sufficient to cut off all of the flow. I placed it back on the can, and made another attempt. Same result. How odd. I took it off again and attempted another flush. As I start to screw it back on the can, I see exactly what the problem is. It seems a snail had found a perfect place to home. Mystery solved. I'll admit I dispatched the slimy interloper.
The Central Maine & Quebec's Job 2 hustles east at the east end of their Moosehead siding, with a trio of SD40-2Fs and a lone GP35u interloper. Time was quickly running out for the Red Barns at this point, as the railroad had already finalized their plans to repaint them, and in a few weeks, the first would be completed, with the others quickly being painted after. Note the odd reversed stripes on the 9020's door... it's hard to imagine how they managed to get the stripes on it backwards. The train today has about 70 cars, not a bad train by any means, but unfortunately a result of only running three days a week (at the time). Fortunately, they've resumed running five days a week, and traffic is picking up for the CMQ; hopefully they can make something out of the Moosehead where the previous two owners have failed.
At 10:07 a.m., March 16, 2005, BNSF 5057 leads an eastern interloper and two other BNSF units in Kingman Canyon, just west of Kingman, Arizona, on the Seligman Subdivision. For obvious reasons, the short scenic canyon has been a favorite with photographers for years–––photo by Joe McMillan with Tom and Mike Danneman.
Almost every morning a photographer can find "Al" atop his yucca guarding against interlopers at his nectar source.
Well, a slow 24 hours so far, so why not drive over and see if there is anything happening at Kushoky, on the Tranco Nura. This railway is unpredictable and runs to the demand of the opencast coal mine at Molodezhnyy, around 75km and three and a half hours distant, for which it derives its existence. Kushoky, an old coal mining gulag town, serves as the railways main workshop, utilising the crumbling old Soviet infrastructure that exists here.
Driving along the long approach down from the main a17 road, billowing black smoke can be seen rising from in front of the vast old slag heaps which line the eastern side of the entire area around Kushoky. I joke to Sven that it must be a TE10 setting out from the station, of course, it must be a fire, surely. But no, it quickly becomes apparent that it is a coal train leaving the station, heading towards us, for Nura.
We know where to go, accelerating down to a pull in by an old quarrying facility we looked at the night before. There is Ochrona here but hey, look at what is coming. Piling over the track, there is ample time to set up for this slow moving train. Wow! The guard comes out of the building down below to see what the interlopers are up to, I will be trapped as i am wrong side of the train. But you don't know the excitement these locomotives instil, there is nothing else out there like them. Oh my word, here they come, the smoke is coming out of a pusher locomotive on the rear, its driver waves enthusiastically at us, yes! From slow to hellfire, just like that, ain't that just like life,l, though you have to help it. Now the chase is on. Off back to Nura. The guard, she can only stare at us. what are they on!!
2TEM10Mr-0081 of the Tranco Nura lifts a train of Molodezhnyy coal bound for the main line exchange at Nura up from Kushoky station banked by a single unit of 2TE10M-2965. April the 30th 2025.
The r suffix on the classification denotes private registration, that is, this locomotive is not owned by Kazakhstan Temir, Zholy, it is owned and operated by the Tranco Nura LLP.
This Ruby-throated hummingbird was actually showing its concern about an interloper on the feeder. The squabble didn't last long and they were off to the races.
We have several semi-resident Mallard but heads were turned yesterday evening when three strangers landed on the lawn - one male and two female Mandarins. The drake here has his crest raised in excitement.
What kind of shots can you get at a gala when riding on the train, the answer is a lms interloper on the gwr.
Stanier Mogul 13268 and matching LMS set departs Highley on the Severn valley
From atop a maple snag this bold little Carolina Wren announced his presence. Against a backdrop of clear blue sky, his call reverberated through the crisp morning air, inviting a mate, warding off interlopers and marking his satisfaction with life in his domain.
Yes, I know many think they are pretty animals- I did too before they started decimating my garden!
The problem is an over population and no way to control them. I often see 10 or more on my lawn! I try to find plants they won't eat and spray stinky repellent but this year they have eaten things never touched before including garlic chives and peonies!!! I'm really at my wits end.
First to the feeder this year - this guy arrived Easter morning! He is guarding his find and sits watchfully in a nearby tree for any interlopers! - Merritt, British Columbia
This rock is covered by a couple of dozen kittiwakes. Lovely, but sometimes very noisy seabirds. In amongst them is just one interloper, in this case a large gull, quite possibly a Lesser Black Backed Gull. Photographed on the Farne islands.
When red-winged blackbirds sing, they are not singing for the poets, or for the children, or for the joy of spring. They are shouting threats at their neighbors and interlopers.
Male red-winged blackbirds arrive a the marsh first in spring, and through song and simultaneous display of the bicolored epaulets plus physical confrontation when needed, males define and defend breeding territories. Females arrive shortly thereafter, and choose a mate perhaps on the basis of his display, but mostly because she is attracted to the feeding opportunities in his territory. A male may have one female in his territory, or several, or up to 15. Now he must work to keep other males from coming into his territory to mate with his females.
The idea of "shouting threats" is taken directly from one of George Williams books. He was a famous evolutionary biologist, and a good friend.