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Ospreys are masters of fishing. This particular osprey was looking for a perch to have his breakfast.
Another of my mantis babies, a female I believe, scaling some hydrangea petals.
Since having so many in my yard, I thought it appropriate to do research. The only way to tell the difference between boys and girls is to look at the mantises abdomen, which is the last segment of their body. Females will be wider, for obvious reasons...while males abdomens are narrower.
After a few minutes of watching this little girl here, I noticed another mantis, a male (thinner abdomen), on a higher bunch of hydrangeas. He was completely motionless, flattened out, forearms ready, in total pounce position...and I swear, watching this one. I know I should let nature take its course, but I couldn't help myself, and moved her to another area. There are plenty of flies to munch on, so I'm sure he found another meal ;-)
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday, and has a great week ahead :-)
Model: actor/magician/wolf activist Steve Wastell with 3 wolf-pups.
These pups were 3 weeks old when Steve and his wife rescued them and their mom from an illegal backyard breader. Here they are 8 weeks old and a total handful.
The title refers to predators at the top of the food chain. I wanted this shot to be a combo of cute/scary :)
This Great Blue Heron didn't even notice me standing just five feet away from it
because its eyes are on a fish hiding in the water plants. :)
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I considered calling this photo "Predators", but I thought maybe that would be a bit unfair.
[ Bizarrely this photo appears to have made the front page of Explore, which is a total shock to me. If you like it, then can I recommend having a look through some of my other favourite photos: www.flickr.com/photos/plasticbag/sets/72157601285631006/ ]
Well, this build drained me completely. I've always wanted to build a Predator, but thought it was pretty much impossible. Paddy's fantastic version was just the push I needed to give it a try.
So first things first, I think it turned out terrible. :)) At least it sort of looks like an disproportionate Predator.
This definitely is not the thing aI wanted after all the work I put into it. Still, I at least managed to complete it, at times it felt like I never would.
Well sort of, I'd rather treat this as a wip, as I didn't even bother adding details to finish it off... will probably revisit this sometime.
This little bird was interested in what I was photographing and decided that he wanted his photo taken too, so fluffed himself up and made his presence known right beside me. It appears that somewhere in his life he lost a toe, doesn’t seem to bother or impede it at all.
These sparrows are small birds, they can reach 15-16 cm (5.9-6.3 in) in length and 25-28 g (0.9-1.0 oz) in weight.
Although sparrows do not belong to the group of water birds, they can swim very fast to escape from predators.
Sparrows will have several broods each year and have a survival rate of between 4 and 5 years in the wild.
This beautiful Damselfly was taken using my Canon kiss x5 (identical to the 600d) with my Canon 100mm macro lens.
Damselfly (suborder Zygoptera), any of a group of predatory, aerial insects that are in the order Odonata. Damselflies are found mainly near shallow, freshwater habitats and are graceful fliers with slender bodies and long, filmy, net-veined wings. Damselflies are generally smaller, more delicate, and fly weakly in comparison with dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera).
Their colors can be stunningly vivid. Wingspans among the 2,600 damselfly species range from 18 mm (0.71 inch) to about 19 cm (7.5 inches) in Megaloprepus caerulatus, a giant damselfly of tropical Central and South America.
Damselflies can usually be distinguished from dragonflies by their thinner, needlelike abdomens and by the way they hold their wings when at rest.
With few exceptions, damselflies hold their wings vertically and together, rather than horizontally and spread apart.
Also, the four wings are almost identical in size and shape and in the vein patterns. The large eyes of damselflies differ from those of dragonflies in that they are always widely separated, rather than close together or touching each other.
The bane of cats and dogs all over the community.She's opportunistic and stealthy. I don't care much for them. I've had two dogs eaten by them and another attacked.
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This is either a juvenile Red Tailed Hawk, Coopers Hawk or Sharp Shin Hawk. Spotted in the thick brush. Having looked at the article that Leslie referenced in her comment, it may well be a Red Tailed. One of the tests to tell if it's a red tailed vs. other is whether it's beefy or not. Red Tailed tend to be "beefy" and Coopers or Sharp Shinned, not so much. When observing it yesterday, both my wife and I simultaneously said, "that's a big one"
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.
As all you know this is type of the falcon's family, in our country called (Gernas) in Arabic (قرناص), and easily to be or become tame and accustom to human. you can see the note on shot where the falcon is tied up by rope and during it's meal the owner catch it!
Sorry for bloody scene, but this is life!!
Explored Dec 30, 2009 #9
With the roof and fence for perspective, you can see what a large hawk she is. Females are larger than males, even when still a juvenile like she is. She is fierce.
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
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Very smart predator. The milkweed blossoms attract tons of flies, bees, wasps, butterflies even before fully open. Not to mention aphids. Perfect place for an assassin to hang out.
Leafhopper Assassin Bug (Zelus renardii)
SUNSET / BLOOD FLOWER Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica)
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