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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.
I just passed this snapshot of sweet Merlin, who, by the way, has grown a lot again. So it's time for another photoshoot.
I suddenly got hungry. So, after this photo is online, I am going to find something for lunch.
Bon appetit!
Gerade bin ich an diesem Schnappschuß von der süssen Merlin vorbei gekommen, die übrigens schon wieder mächtig gewachsen ist. Es wird also mal wieder Zeit für ein Shooting.
Spontan hab ich Hunger bekommen. Also werde ich mich, nachdem dieses Foto online ist, erst einmal ums Mittagessen kümmern.
Mahlzeit !
My two favourite birding locations in Ontario - Pelee Island and Prince Edward County - both jut into bodies of water and mark the southernmost tips of their regions. As a consequence, both areas host significant wine-making operations, which in turn attracts boutique hotels and restaurants and a very different kind of tourism.
The odd thing is that both areas have managed to retain large areas of very rough terrain for wildlife, and these tend to be unpopular with the folks from Ottawa and Toronto who are visiting for other reasons. That is quite obvious when backroading: driving on the many dirt roads that crisscross the areas near the water. Barred Owls, Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks, Bald Eagles, and even the occasional Upland Sandpiper are fairly common sights on these rarely travelled routes.
I was alerted by my friend Paul to the location of a Red Fox den on one of these roads, and made a point of keeping my eyes peeled for adults and kits. This adult was spotted hunting for rodents along a grassy ridge alongside one of these roads.
I slowed down and stopped, pulling off on the opposite (wrong) side of the road, and then turned off the engine. Unlike the tamer Red Foxes around Ottawa, who are more used to sharing space with humans, these creatures are more skittish. Homes are pretty scarce in this area, and the Foxes are more natural predators.
In any event, I figured I had about thirty seconds to work. I had the windows down and my camera ready to go on the front seat. I wanted to really lean out of the window to avoid heat waves distorting the image. The Fox had just failed to catch something and had assumed a very focused pose, planning its next move. A short burst of three images and it was gone into the tall grasses of the nearby field.
Analogica ,Exa 1 B ( 1977 ) priva di esposimetro, Zeiss Pancolar 50 mm 1.8 F, Kodak color 200 asa, sviluppo con Tetenal.
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 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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Ariskea[Damned] The Black Skull
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.
The roe deer is a relatively small deer, with a body length of 95–135 cm (3 ft 1 in – 4 ft 5 in) throughout its range, and a shoulder height of 63–67 cm (2 ft 1 in – 2 ft 2 in), and a weight of 15–35 kg (35–75 lb). Populations from Urals and northern Kazakhstan are larger on average growing to 145 cm (4 ft 9 in) in length and 85 cm (2 ft 9 in) at shoulder height, with body weights of up to 60 kg (130 lb), with the deer populations becoming smaller again further east in the Transbaikal, Amur Oblast, and Primorsky Krai regions.[citation needed] In healthy populations, where population density is restricted by hunting or predators, bucks are slightly larger than does. Under other conditions, males can be similar in size to females, or slightly smaller..
Bucks in good conditions develop antlers up to 20–25 cm (8–10 in) long with two or three, rarely even four, points. When the male's antlers begin to regrow, they are covered in a thin layer of velvet-like fur which disappears later on after the hair's blood supply is lost. Males may speed up the process by rubbing their antlers on trees, so that their antlers are hard and stiff for the duels during the mating season. Unlike most cervids, roe deer begin regrowing antlers almost immediately after they are shed.
Prehistoric carnivore/dinosaur statue seen in front of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SELENEX CON UNA FRECCIA UCCIDE PREDATOR, POI RENDENDOSI VISIBILE E SI PRESENTA ALLA MODELLA CHE RICONOSCENTE VUOLE ABBRACCIARLA. IL FOTOGRAFO IMMORTALA LA SCENA.
THE BEAUTY AND PREDATOR 2nd PART.
SELENEX WITH AN ARROW KILL PREDATOR, THEN MADE HER VISIBLE TO THE MODEL THAT GRATEFUL SHE THANKS HER.
Sometimes nature works wonders and surprises. Of course; this does not happen often. But if you have a creative imagination; you will find many such wonders. And I; among the red-stone creations of Arches National Park in the American state of Utah; came across several "sculptures" that were sculpted by nature itself. You have already seen in my selection of photographs from this amazing place "Stone Faces", "Three Sisters", "Stone Palette". And today something new...
Male sparrowhawk photographed at my hide, I opted for portrait orientation to allow some space and background and for something a little different to my usual landscape poses...