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Since I've been photographing wildlife, I've found that there seems to be such serenity in the way these creatures move, and hold a pose. I have to remind myself that they aren't posing for my benefit! The stealth they show during those deceptively serene moments is intended to numb their prey to their very presence, so they can kill it! Such peaceful predators they are.
This Great Egret was the epitome of grace while in hunting mode. I can't resist capturing shots of them, even when I know that sometimes they will "blow out" in the bright, Florida sun. The best time to shoot these birds is on overcast days, but I take whatever opportunity I have. Half the fun of it is just watching them move or not move. This one was at Reed Canal Park in South Daytona.
As part of their hunting strategy, this lioness's job was to keep an eye on the warthog which was being stalked by the other lioness from the opposite direction.
It is Spring, when the local coyotes howl in the woods, creating quite a ruckus. This one has come up the hill into our yard several times. Once it chased my cat, Lulu, out across the fields and into the woods. She came back home safe a couple of hours later.
But that was when she was about 6 years old. Now she is 11 years old... still fast, but is she fast enough?
As many of you know, she was born to a feral mother outside, who wandered onto our land and decided to have her kittens under the eaves of my barn. She abandoned them before they could hunt. The kittens lived their first year completely outside, as I slowly tamed (and fed) the kittens, then got them fixed, and allowed them in the house. Lulu likes eating and sleeping inside, but she goes insane if she is trapped in here. So, for her happiness, danger or not, she is mostly an outside cat.
Her brother disappeared about 6 years ago, never to be seen again. It is very distressing, but I know he had a very happy life.
This is the dilemma of cat owners.... and the owners of small dogs, too, I imagine. Do we trap the animals inside to have a boring, fat, unfulfilled, but safe, life, or do we let them be who they are, knowing they may die from many different dangers??
The predators have come back into our woodlands, and my cat is no longer the biggest, baddest predator around. But, she is having a great life, very happy, alert, not overweight at all, fastest hunter I've ever "owned", and very intelligent.
If it is any comfort to "inside cat" owners, we do have two cat doors she can make use of, anytime.
So, life goes on. At the moment she is purring next to me as I type.
This old boy was looking as if I was its prey and he wanted to climb the food chain. While walking the fence line for brakes after finishing for the day. This hawk was intent on keeping his spot to the point where I was within 15 feet before he vacated.
Sunset on the Lancaster Canal near Garstang, Lancashire. This barge was called "Predator", hence the title! The owner had obviously cut quite a lot of firewood to keep his wood burner going, looking at the amount of saw dust on the towpath!
The colours in the sky were magical!
Palio di Asti - Italy - 2008 edition
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Common Crow Butterfly
Scientific Name: Euploea core
Identification: The Common Crow Butterfly is a large black butterfly with white spots on the fore wings and a band of elongated spots on the hind wings. The outer wing margins have small white spots. The males have a pair of hidden orange-yellow brushes at the tip of the abdomen, which they can extend into bright coloured patch as part of the mating ritual or to deter predators. These brushes emit a musky odour. The caterpillars are striped. Pupa have metallic silvery sheen.
Other Names: Oleander Butterfly
Size: wingspan 70mm, Caterpillar about 50mm
Habitat: The Common Crow is found in open forest and woodland. Often seen in parks and gardens
Food: Common Crow Butterfly caterpillars feed on a wide range of native plants. They are often found in gardens feeding on Ficus (figs), Hoya, Mandevilla, Nerium oleander, Trachelospermum (star jasmines). The larvae eat the leaf and soft stem parts.
Range: Throughout tropical Australia and eastern Queensland. Adults sometimes disperse further down eastern Australia as far as Victoria, but there are no permanent breeding populations further south than northern New South Wales.
(Source: www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Common-Crow-Butterfly/Euploea/co...)
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Dice Snakes on the northern shore of Lake Balaton / Hungary near Keszthely.
The dice snake (Natrix tessellata) is a European nonvenomous snake belonging to the family Colubridae, subfamily Natricinae.
Würfelnattern am Nordufer des Balaton / Plattensee (Libás Strand = Gänse Strand).
_ Die Würfelnatter (Natrix tessellata) ist eine ungiftige, für den Menschen harmlose eurasische Schlange aus der Familie der Europäischen Wassernattern (Natrix). In Mitteleuropa ist die wärmeliebende Art extrem selten. Sie wurde zum „Reptil des Jahres 2009“ gekürt. Am Nordufer des ungarischen Plattensee kommt sie jedoch häufig vor. (wikipedia)
két kocka kÃgyók északi Balaton-part Keszthely (Libás strandot).
A kockás sikló (Natrix tessellata) egy eurázsiai kÃgyófaj, mely közeli rokonával, a vÃzisiklóval ellentétben valóban vÃzhez kötött életet él, és tápláléka nagy részét is innen szerzi.
siehe auch/see also: >> Henry der Mops
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Holidays in Hungary, image #188 of 581
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SONY NEX-7 & SEL 18-200
200mm _ f/9 _ 1/320s _ ISO200
11.05.2015 10:47
An old photo with a bit of an edit and a bigger crop. The Heron did eat it after a bit of a struggle. I have seen them eat bigger and then go straight back to fishing.
It's that moment when you realize that seagulls can spot a chip further away than a shark can taste blood in the ocean.
I was allowed to look deeply into the eyes of this beautiful red kite (Milvus milvus). I'm not sure if he looked at me with interest or friendly:-O.
Patterned Predator - A Great Basin Collared lizards basks on a rock. I was only able to grab this single image before the lizard ran after a whiptail lizard. Like the related leopard lizards, this species is almost entirely carnivorous and a very effective hunter of other lizards. They dispatch their prey with powerful bites to the mid-section - essentially pulverizing them. This was a lifer species for me and while I know I can do better photo wise, thought I'd still share this one.
Species: Great Basin Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores)
Location: Mojave Desert, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R7 + RF 100-500mm IS
Settings: 1/640s, ISO: 200, f/7.1 @500mm, Handheld, Electronic Shutter, In-situ
The American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) is a very large native frog to southern and eastern parts of the United States and Canada. This frog is an introduced species to California where it is an apex predator with a voracious appetite. Bullfrogs eat anything they can catch including other amphibians, reptiles, rodents, crayfish, birds, and even bats.
I noticed this Carolina praying mantis on a dark Autumn joy sedum flower stalk. It was holding court and waiting for some passersby. I can get behind a predator that eats mosquitoes.
Look closely and you'll see a ring of silver inside the hole. It is a large fender washer. Putting it in that location will prevent squirrels from gnawing open the hole so they can get at the eggs or hatchlings. In this box, since it's being used by Chickadees (and they didn't mind my adding this while they had eggs inside), the opening is 1.25 inches. A bluebird needs 1.5 inches.
I found this Metric paper wasp mid dinner. Luckily there are more Monarch caterpillars in the Swamp milkweeds now so, fingers crossed. Usually the whole 'circle of life' thing doesn't bother me but this cuts close to home.
I will hunt you
I will bring you down
I'm the predator
Of flesh skin and sound
Raptor killer
I'm the God of Prey
Once I'm upon you
You'll never see the light of day
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The sun was dropping and my wife and I were driving back to the exit of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. At that point, our eyes were still open for something exciting, but we never expected what we saw next. Suddenly, my wife yelled out, "eagle." A juvenile Bald Eagle had just plunged into the water and was in the process of capturing a Ring-necked Duck. That struggle caused the eagle's entire body to be submerged in the water except for his flapping wings. After he seized the duck, the eagle flew to one of the few spots still in full sun. And the sun was behind us. This was a major break. Needless to say, it was breathtaking to experience, but also very sad because we love ducks. It was so hard for us to watch the eagle ripping at the duck and, finally, flying away with it. This is one of three in a series.