Strike A Pose!
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This incredible super mummy and Sumatran Tiger is called Kirana. I'm sure those photographers who were regulars at Chester Zoo will know her fondly because she is a natural at posing. I rest my case!!
Kirana is now enjoying retirement at the Big Cat Sanctuary, Kent. She clearly enjoys attention though, even on a hot afternoon and from what I observed yesterday, has settled in really well.
A Great Egret looks downstream as it rests on a branch near sundown on a recent evening at McHenry Dam State Park, Illinois.
Happy Wing Wednesday
A Tri-colored Heron recoils after a missed opportunity for a quick meal.
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Limpkin taken at Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida in May 2019.
This wasn't our first visit to the reserve but it was our first walk along the Alligator Alley Trail which had previously been closed due to damage caused by Hurricane Irma in Sept 2017. It was also great to catch up with our friends Mark and Linda Schocken again.
Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus)
Images today are from a visit to Truganina Park on this day in 2019.
As I wandered along the southern bank of Laverton I met Flickr mate and fellow birder Rodger www.flickr.com/photos/62434662@N05 with a couple of other birders who were on a Birdlife walk in the area. They told me they had heard a Fieldwren further along. Sure enough as walked I heard the call and was happy to see it pop up unto this branch and stay long enough for a couple of shots.
The flower these insects chose as a stopping place was less than two inches in diameter. At first glance, I thought the green bits on top of the flower were little bits of leaves. Upon further examination, I discovered they were insects. A quick dash up the stairs of my house allowed me to grab my camera, all the while whispering the mantra...'Don't move, don't move!' Imagine my surprise when I returned to find them still posing for me. Less than two minutes later, they hopped away. Whew!
Pose: Janus 5 by Spartin Parx Poses @ the Darkness Event
This is what happens when you lose your net and your service provider tells you it aint comin back for 5 days... no internet.. no phone... no cable... so I played with this pic I took a few nights ago and edited while half ass watching a bootleg Korean copy of Pitch Perfect 2 that I'm pretty sure was cammed on an airplane... The gods took pity on me and my net returned :P That was some touch and go next level Amish livin...
PS: Sooo sorry to the B the E and the OEG.. I totally fucked up our plans. :(
Mule deer in the yard. Deer didnt care about my dog, dog didnt care about the deer. Full frame. No crop. No post processing.
youtu.be/GuJQSAiODqI HMMM!
Or at least they seem to hone in on me like a heat seeking missile. So here's a quick one from the hip before I was taken out in a precision strike.
London @ One New Change
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After seeing how small a Least Bittern was I was amazed at the size of this American Bittern, a much larger bird. Here this bird is about to strike and eat a frog that still had it's tail. I loved watching this bird move like a glacier as it first spotted the frog, then contorted its body to position itself for the strike. Its concentration seems absolute!
Another new bird for me on my Florida trip this April!
Sorry I haven't been doing Flickr much this week, I'm recovering from an Influenza A strain which struck me like a train.
Taken 6 April 2019 at Peaceful Waters Sanctuary, Florida.