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The Loggerhead Shrike is a songbird with a raptors habits.
A denizen of grasslands and other open habitats throughout much of North America, this masked black, white, and gray predator hunts from utility poles, fence posts and other conspicuous perches, preying on insects, birds, lizards, and small mammals. Lacking a raptors talons, Loggerhead Shrikes skewer their kills on thorns or barbed wire or wedge them into tight places for easy eating.
Eleven subspecies of the Loggerhead Shrike are known throughout North America, but only L. l. ludovicianus breeds in Florida.
Another one from my Archives!
I found this one perched on a Road (trail sign) at Dinner Island Ranch WMA, in Hendry County, Florida.
The nice thing about morning is you can get so close to insects as they begin to warm up. Pretty sure this is another type of predatory Tiger Fly. It doesn't have the leopard spots on the abdomen like Tigrina, but it's got some kind of digital camouflage instead. IDs are welcome. The mouth parts look pretty fierce. It's also got that nasty serrated edge on the wings that Tigrina has. Happy Fly Day!
Some kind of Tiger Fly
Coal Creek Trail
Lafayette, Colorado
It was amazing to watch this Merlin pursuing a Goldfinch a couple of weeks ago: I was rather lucky to capture this shot as the raptor dived in for a killer blow, but missed the lucky finch by a gnat's whisker!
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Yellowfin tuna flank a female great white shark off the coast of Mexico's Isla de Guadalupe. While the tuna are a preferred prey item of the shark, their speed and maneuverability allow them to keep a safe distance from their predator. The sharks have to rely on stealth in order to ambush attach the speedy prey.
While it's not uncommon to see yellowfin tuna at Guadalupe, they seem far more abundant around the island in the past couple of years. I'm not sure it's a result of El Nino effects or not, but I definitely saw noticeably more tuna around the sharks than usual on this trip.
In this case, it's a bit difficult not to feel sorry for the prey. Paralyzed and then liquefied doesn't seem like a pleasant end to life.
Being under the influence of this universe, I finally realized that I can try to make his head without the mask, like I did.
(Eyes painted in photoshop because I wanted to see how they will look).
Silently.
Patiently.
As one I am
With Tree
With bush
Surround me.
Strike
Suddenly
Brutally
Efficiently
I am
Predator ...
I don't know quite what got this little tiger's attention, but it was on the opposite side of the canal from me, staring down into the reeds by the edge of the water.
The Tomato Frog is endemic to Madagascar. The common name comes from the bright red colour. When threatened, a tomato frog puffs up its body. When a predator grabs a tomato frog in its mouth, the frog's skin secretes a thick substance that gums up the predator's eyes and mouth, causing the predator to release the frog to free up its eyes. The gummy substance contains a toxin that occasionally causes allergic reactions in humans. The allergic reaction will not kill a human and the frog secretes it only when frightened.
The lifespan of the tomato frog can be from 6 to 8 years. When adult, the colours may vary from yellowish orange to deep red. Tomato frogs will reach sexual maturity in 9–14 months. Females are larger than males and can reach 4 inches in length. Males can reach 2 to 3 inches in length. Most females range from reddish-orange bright dark red. The bellies are usually more yellowish, and sometimes there are black spots on the throat. But males are not as brightly coloured but more of a duller orange or brownish-orange. Juveniles are also dull in colour and develop brighter colour as they mature. They are also on the endangered species list. They breed in the rainy season and are nocturnal. They tend to eat small insects and invertebrates.
When I was at the studio the guy said that sometimes frogs might leap onto your camera or you. That did happen to me but as instructed I did keep still, but with eyes shut, till the frog was removed. Given what the tomato frog does to humans I'm glad to say this was not one who jumped on me. That pleasure was the super tiger leg waxy monkey frog.
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Dragonflies have a life span of anywhere from about six months to several years. Most of the dragonfly life span is spent in the water as a nymph. During this period, which can last up to a couple of years, it sheds its skin many times. Finally it crawls onto land to break out of its skin as a full fledged dragonfly.
A predator with his trophy passed us this morning while we volunteers had tea and coffee. Poor mouse!
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It pains my heart to see one of our most iconic wild birds (California Thrasher) in the mouth of a domestic cat. PLEASE, PLEASE keep pet cats indoors. Outdoor cats kill approximately 2.4 billion birds every year. Predation by domestic cats is the number-one direct, human-caused threat to birds in the United States. The BirdsBeSafe collar for cats is a good solution to the problem If you still feel you must let your cat outdoors.
Scarlet Tanagers eat mainly insects along with some fruit and tender buds. Their invertebrate diet includes ants, sawflies, moths, butterflies, beetles, flies, cicadas, leafhoppers, spittlebugs, treehoppers, plant lice, scale insects, termites, grasshoppers, locusts, dragonflies, dobsonflies, snails, earthworms, and spiders. While searching for these tidbits they walk along branches high in the canopy or (rarely) along the ground, or vertically on tree trunks to probe the bark.
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My own photographs of a Eurasian sparrowhawk (accipiter nisus), with added special effects.
A wonderfully agile predator that is attracted to our garden because we have lots of birds on our feeders.
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Buteo jamaicensis immature,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
I was curious what was up there--what is a predator wary of? A larger predator? But I took this photo from inside my car and couldn't look up immediately.
We occasionally see one of these small snakes. They feed on salamanders, earthworms, slugs, and lizards and frogs. (wikipedia)
Sometimes we see one being carried away by one of the hawks like the hawk I posted yesterday.
Ring-necked snake (Diadophis punctatus)
I happened upon this guy by chance while out shooting one day. He was so intent on hunting for food that he let me get much closer to him than I normally would have been able to. As you can see, we were both successful that day!
O'Shaughnessy Dam - Powell, OH
A group of Trandoshans hunters gathered on the plant to enjoy their favorite hobby: hunting down Wookiee prisoners. Preferably unarmed Wookiees because it’s not so “fun” when the prey shoots back (I never liked Trandoshans).
According to their “traditions” the group of ten Trandoshans brought the unarmed Wookiee prisoner to this planet where they started their little twisted show.
However on the planet there is another hunter. Someone who came here to track down a prey worth of legend and he is not pleased by the cowardice of these “Space Lizards”.
The Predator tracks down the Trandoshans, killing the dishonorable hunters one by one.
As the Space Lizards meet their demise the Wookiee enjoys his staying on the planet.
Sometimes very good things come from crossovers and the Wookiee is very pleased by this particular one.
The Predator is one of the action figures by Neca based on the Predator Dark Horse Comics.
I hope you like this photo :)
"When I was little, we found a man. He looked like ... like, butchered. The old woman in the village crossed themselves ... and whispered crazy things, strange things: 'El Diablo cazador de hombres'. Only in the hottest years this happens - and this year, it grows hot. We begin finding our men. We found them sometimes without their skins ... and sometimes much, much worse. 'El cazador trofeo de los hombres' ... means the demon who makes trophies of men."
('Predator' by NECA)