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The four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata), known in North America as the four-spotted skimmer, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae found widely throughout Europe, Asia, and North America.
The adult stage is found between April to early September in the United Kingdom, and from mid-May to mid-August in Ireland. Larvae have a two-year developmental cycle. Adults feed predominantly on mosquitoes, gnats, and midges the larvae feed primarily on other aquatic insect larvae and on tadpoles.
The male is considered to be highly aggressive and will defend a given territory from incursions from other males of the species. The male is known to form preferences for prominent perches and will often return to the same perches around the margins of pools and ponds whilst it patrols for intruders. Males have a favourable view of the sky during perching. They look toward a section of the sky away from the sun, with less radiation but a higher UV and blue-violet saturation. Thus, the fovea of the eyes, which is sensitive to blue and UV radiation, is optimally suited to the detection of flying insects against the blue sky.[3] Both sexes are prolific fliers, and mating takes place in the air, rather than on perches or amongst the vegetation. The female lays her eggs on floating vegetation. They tend to be easier to approach than Broad-bodied Chasers.
Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus)
Howard Prairie Lake - Cascade Mountains – Jackson County – Oregon - USA
The two crossed the trail and I figured by the time I caught up, they would be long gone. Fortunate for me they were curious and just observed me.
The black-tailed deer is one of nine subspecies of the mule deer. It was first recorded by the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-06.
Black-tailed deer live in the temperate coniferous forests along the Pacific coast. These forests are characterized by cool temperatures and lots of rain, but an overall mild climate. Black-tailed deer do not therefore migrate in response to seasonal changes, unlike some of the other mule deer subspecies. Instead, black-tailed deer often spend their entire life in the same general area.
This spotted towhee was flirting with another in our yard. It flew from the fence to the tree, then down to this thing - it's an old hospital screen that my wife picked up when the hospital modernized. It's now used in our garden as a support - of plants in additional to these random birds!
This is an unpublished image of a serval that I spotted on my 2019 trip to the Masai Mara region of Kenya.
They are hard to find as they aren't super common. I've been fortunate enough to have seen a couple on two trips to the region(although none last time).
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Grauwe vliegenvanger (Muscicapa striata) Oldeberkoop. Friesland. Netherlands. This bird flies over and over with insects to feed its young. The damselfly is a fresh Azure Damselfly.
Spotted flycatchers were good this morning 3 birds in area all morning and coming low enough for a few pictures
Pardalotus punctatus
These little birds usually stay well away from my camera lens! This time though, I had been sitting quietly and this juvenile didn't notice I was around, as it hunted for insects in a nearby gum tree.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished shot taken and edited in April 2019. Enjoy!
This youngster bedded down in a sunny patch for a quick morning nap.
Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus)
Jackson County - Oregon
Taken from a boat early morning.
It was far away and I confused him with a Solitary Sandpiper, so I did not pay much attention to him. Only later did I notice that it was the spotted sandpiper... a new species for me :-)
Tarcoles river - Costa Rica
Spotted flycatchers were good this morning 3 birds in area all morning and coming low enough for a few pictures
Photograph taken last weekend when I visit Llyn Padarn for the sunrise. By no means a big and bold sunrise, but it was actually very pleasant with the spotted colours in the clouds as the sun rose. A little hazy that morning, creating contrasting hills in the distance.
pearl-spotted emperor/charaxes jahlusa rex
Another one from the archives, bit I think he does not need to be ashamed of his appearance (yes its a male)
A non native deer very similar in build and size to our native reds.
Sika Deer - Cervus Nippon
Studley Royal Deer Park - Yorkshire
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Wikipedia: The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It breeds across northern Scandinavia and the northern Palearctic and migrates south to the Mediterranean, the southern British Isles, France, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia for the winter. It is an occasional vagrant to Australia and North America.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_redshank
Conservation status: Least Concern