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Glossy Ibis- Plegadis Falcinellus
Flocks of Glossy Ibis forage quite close together, advancing slowly as they probe a muddy area. This activity often attracts Snowy Egrets and other species of waders, which capture minnows and other prey moving away from the feeding ibis flocks.
Glossy Ibises nest in colonies, often among other species of ibis, heron, egret, or spoonbill. Colonial nesters have the advantage of many extra sets of eyes looking out for predators. Colonies might also be places where highly gregarious species like ibises can share information about the most productive foraging areas.
Glossy Ibis is a cosmopolitan species, also found in Europe, Asia, and Africa. In recent decades, its population in Spain has been increasing rapidly, probably helped by increased rice cultivation there. Glossy Ibises banded in Spain have turned up as far away as Barbados, having crossed the Atlantic—a remarkable feat but one that several species of heron and egret have managed as well.
The oldest recorded Glossy Ibis was at least 21 years old and lived in Virginia between 1971 and 1992.
If you're a blues fan then this title may (literally) sing/play to you.
This landscape of a waterscape was captured in 2009. The reduced quality of sharpness of this point-and-click shot leant itself very much to a romantic painterly feel in the editing process.
Captured using: Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W5
Capture date: 2009
Created using: Topaz Labs, and Topaz Studio
Most of the Great Salt Lake shoreline is muddy and difficult to access. If you look carefully, you will see some white near the water; in this case, it's not salt but seafoam.
The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.
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Two lions / Löwn (Panthera leo), a cub and a young male, close to a swampy area at Seronera River, Serengeti N.P., Tanzania, Africa
for a peaceful Caturday!
A closer portrait of the cub in first comment!
I took a photo at this same location November 2014. The river's flow was much lower that day. I enjoyed the falls both times! www.flickr.com/photos/123895834@N08/15608311907/in/album-...
Red Fox _ Vulpes Vulpes
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When fox-hunting with dogs was legal in this country, ( which was not so very long ago), what let the fox down was the fact that as it’s brush (or tail) collected more mud and detritus in the course of the chase it tired and slowed down the fox and enabled the hounds to run it down, so that the red coated “gentlemen” of the hunt could allow them to tear it to pieces.
As Oscar Wilde put it, “ the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable.”
I’m pleased to say that many a wily fox outsmarted it’s pursuers, and spoiled a “good day’s hunting.”
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