lonely tree.... Paull ...England

Bodnant Gardens

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

I walked down by the local creek the other afternoon. The recent rains have increased flow rates and the water in Cherry Creek is tea like from all the fallen leaves. Downstream about 75 feet I notice a disturbance in the water but don't see anything. Then I see something moving upstream on the surface of the water like a big fish. It gets a little closer then I realize it must be an otter swimming vigorously in my direction! It wasn't an otter but an American Mink (Mustela vision). It's in the weasel family and is almost as aquatic as an otter and a nocturnal hunter. They eat voles, frogs, crayfish, waterfowl and their eggs, mice, rabbits, snakes, and aquatic invertebrates.

It got to within about 6 feet of where I stood backlit with camera on the monopod, it looked up at me then swam a little circle around a rock then scurried out of the water on the opposite bank and darted under a fallen log! Wow, glad I had the long lens! Pinch me and I do believe in luck. Mendocino County, North California U.S.A.

Lowville Ontario

Terra Cotta Conservation Area

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The river below Burney Falls in Shasta County, California

Stands in contrast to the freshly fallen snow.

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Saußbachklamm

Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming

Day 346 of my 366 Project

We took a wrong turn at Mowich Lake and found ourselves by this stream near dusk.

Entrance to Turda Gorge (Romanian: Cheile Turzii, Hungarian: Tordai-hasadék) in the early morning

Vermont Stream

渓流

Garin RP, Hayward, CA

Well worth a look in lightbox.

Taken with an old Nikon D700 and 24-120 mm lens set at 24 mm f10.0 for 0.6 sec.

Large view to flowing water among a mossy gorge. The Trôs Marets stream takes its source in the High Fens.

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Iceland

Mountain stream in Herzegovina. Water in the stone.

On Saturday our forecast was to be cold, cloudy, and windy. Three hour drive southeast of me in Minnewaska State Park it was suppose to be 20 degrees warmer at 65F and sunny. So I went there on a photography trip and wasn't disappointed.

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Baker County-Oregon

Dorothy Falls stream heading to Lake Kaniere.

Located : Taiza, Tango-cho, Kyotango-shi, Kyoto pref.

丹後半島 間人海岸 / 京都府京丹後市丹後町間人

Kananaskis

Kenneth_VancouverCanada.

This one is from Georgia again - Lagodekhi National Park. Hiked upstream along this river to a Nino's Khevi Waterfall. Amazing scenery.

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A small stream of water was carving it's way down the rock funnel. Amazing to see what water accomplishes.

Near Hungry Horse, Montana, USA