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Male black-chinned hummingbird on the left and a female rufous hummingbird playing stab and Skewer

That has to hurt. The second of two photographs taken 0.05 seconds apart. Mrs.black-chinned skewers Mr. Black-chinned. Is this the definition of henpecked?

Ces petits boutons en bois enfilés sur une tige d'une sucette présentent une belle brochette à déguster dans la gamme de couleurs rouge, jaune, vert, rose et bleu sur un fond soft. #Macro #MacroMondays #Button

Ninety kilometers from San Pedro de Atacama we found the Geiser del Tatio, a 10-square-kilometer geothermal field considered one of the most important on the planet and the highest in the world (4,200 m). There we found geysers of steam, water, mud, etc. that surpass the 15 meters of height, true boilers of water boiling at temperatures of 85 degrees. It is amazing to see the play of light that originates with the sunrise, magnificent colors and view.

This tour included breakfast. We began this tour accompanied by a hearty breakfast, admiring all this majestic geothermal activity and the more daring could enter the pool of thermal waters to finally lower and appreciated what nature has reserved for this place.

The area surprised us with vizcachas, llamas, vicunas and birds such as flamingos, tawa, puna duck, Andean goose among others, and the different flora that offered us the Chilean plateau, with a small stop to taste some local gastronomy, in the little village of Machuca, very famous for its skewers of llam.

Brives Charensac

Brochette aquatique

From the kitchen drawer - kebab skewers

A tiny fish looking at death in the form of an Oriental darter (Indian darter) at Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, India

Macro Mondays

Theme: "Member's Choice - Found in the kitchen"

Skewers for fingerfood - found in the kitchen but never used.

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Macro Monday - In the mirror.

Found in a Japanese sushi place in Hobart.

Taken at Anderby Creek beach just a couple of hundred metres away from the colourful brolly shot.

I leave the Sony FE 50mm 1.2 on this camara so this is that camera /lens combo..at my favourite beach on the Lincolnshire coast. We often have this beach to ourselves...No cliffs, no crashing waves to speak of but not far from our caravan and my favourite beach chalets at Sandilands :)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

And so it goes . . . .

The Heron swallowed the fish (not sure the species) very quickly.

we had a bbq last weekend because the sun decided to grace us with her presence..

of course we had chicken, burgers,beer and wine.... all the trimmins' BUT nothing looked as good as these!!!

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Blauwe reiger - European grey heron (Ardea cinerea),

making very sure the fish is dead all right.

Christmas appetizer...made by my sister's husband. Delicious.

Loggerhead Shrike

Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, CA

Shrikes have long been referred to as the “butcher bird.” However, I like to refer to shrikes as “skewer birds” instead for their habit of skewering prey on thorns. For me, the word “butcher” conjures up visions of blood and violence, something I have a tough time associating with this adorable little predator.

This was truly tucked away in the woods like a crowned jewel...the sunlight hit it just right leaving me to question what in the world is that bright red thing in the tree....funny it ended up being a skewered crab apple...I love finding weird things in nature!

Loggerhead Shrike aka Butcher Bird

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I would say something, but my brain has turned off.

I had a little helper today getting rid of caterpillars on my roses. This is a predatory stink bug nymph...spined soldier bug.

Francisco Leiro. "Skewered". 1999 (bronze)

In mid September we went to visit the Point Bonita Lighthouse for sunset. The National Park Service offers monthly sunset walks at the Point Bonita Lighthouse in the Marin Headlands, north of San Francisco. The tour is limited to 50 people and fills up quickly, so make your reservations early if you'd like to go.

Ahead of time, I calculated good spots to witness the moonrise somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area. Moonrise was listed at 20:03 at 95°, 45 minutes after sunset. The Point Bonita Lighthouse turned out to be my favorite choice - you can walk along the trail to position yourself so that the moon aligned with the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge.

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It appears the fish has been skewered, but it is possible this heron has just grabbed the fin on the other side that can't be seen. Either way, the photo does make it appear to be a fish kabob. : ) Fun to watch the cleaning ritual that herons partake in once a fish has been caught. Several rounds of rinsing, tossing and testing of every fish before it is consumed.

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Weird Sun Skewered By Antena - Canon Large - Smoke IMG_9947

My sister's husband makes Grilled Shrimp. So good!

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