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The break between the beginning and the end of the work was huge, but unlike other WIPs, here I found the strength to finish what I started.
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Large - 'Predator' On White
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As I said yesterday Carson and I went adventuring around Lost Lake which can be seen here. Basically its this really nasty lake that's usually green because of algae and is surrounded by 200ft cliffs that we like to play on. Here I'm on a little ledge that drops right off. While exploring in this area we also made friends with a porcupine that we named Josey. He made super cute sounds too!
"Harmony with the land is like harmony with a friend: you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. That is to say, you cannot love game animals and hate predators...the land is one organism."-Aldo Leopold
Not sure what this is. It looks like a St Marks Fly but has red eyes and is possibly the wrong time of year.
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
I knew the leopard was hiding in a ditch next to the road and sat waiting for it to reappear. Without a sound and out of nowhere it suddenly stood on the roadside 8 meters away from my wide open car window, staring straight at me. I was so stunned that I nearly forgot to press the shutter button.
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) - Circle B Bar Reserve, Florida
This young Great Blue Heron struggled for 15 minutes working this fish down. Many times it got to the position in the photo before having to throw it back in the water and 'tenderize' it a little more.
I must add that I personally had similar poses and expressions on my vacation to Nova Scotia. I really took advantage of the fresh seafood.
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:: The Predator and his prey...cious mouse!, St-Barthelemy, Québec, Canada.
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A couple of walkers put a pair of hungry eagles off the hunt, but the birds will return as soon as the walkers leave. Poor wee sheep's not got a hope, stuck up there.
Mala Mala Game Reserve
Near Kruger National Park
South Africa
Happy Caturday!!
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five species in the genus Panthera, a member of the Felidae. The leopard occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because leopard populations are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation and are declining in large parts of the global range.
Contemporary records suggest that the leopard occurs in only 25% of its historical global range. Leopards are hunted illegally, and their body parts are smuggled in the wildlife trade for medicinal practices and decoration.
Compared to other wild cats, the leopard has relatively short legs and a long body with a large skull. It is similar in appearance to the jaguar, but generally has a smaller, lighter physique. Its fur is marked with rosettes similar to those of the jaguar, but the leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and do not usually have central spots as the jaguar's do. Both leopards and jaguars that are melanistic are known as black panthers.
The leopard is distinguished by its well-camouflaged fur, opportunistic hunting behaviour, broad diet, and strength (which it uses to move heavy carcasses into trees), as well as its ability to adapt to various habitats ranging from rainforest to steppe, including arid and montane areas, and its ability to run at speeds of up to 58 kilometres per hour (36 mph). – Wikipedia
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. . . These ducks sailing by on the top of the photo probably have no idea the juvenile Bald Eagle on the ground would love to have them for dinner! The eagle has several hundred or perhaps thousands to pick from however, and they probably never even noticed the hunter below.
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My friend Sophia has pointed out that this is most likely a juvenile bald eagle, seen in the Sacramento National Wildlife Reserve. Bald eagles are not actually bald; the name derives from an older meaning of "white headed". The adult is mainly brown with a white head and tail. The sexes are identical in plumage, but females are about 25 percent larger than males. The beak is large and hooked. The plumage of the immature is brown.
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