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Tiny Visitor - Red-necked Phalaropes are probably my favorite shorebird. I was fortunate to get an opportunity to photograph one while laying down in the reeds last evening. They are incredibly small birds that migrate from wintering grounds in Mexico all the way up to the arctic circle to breed in the summer.
They tend to stop over for a couple weeks around May in California to refuel. Many already are molted fully into breeding plumage and look quite striking. Interestingly, this species exhibits "reverse sexual dimorphism". Females tend to be more brightly colored and more aggressively compete for territories and males, which is unusual in the avian world.
They also have a fascinating spinning feeding behavior which is fun to observe. Looking forward to getting a few more opportunities to photograph this species during their stopover.
Species: Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Date Taken: May 2021
Equipment: Nikon D850 + Nikkor 500mm f/4G ED VR, Handheld
Settings: 1/400s, ISO: 800, f/4.0, +0.7 EV
Tiny flowers
On the tree
Make me feel happy
Ah, they make me feel glee
My apologies to Don Ho in changing up the lyrics to his classic song. This is a close of up the flower clusters on one of the many red tip trees growing in our back yard.
shot with an olympus om-d e-m10 mark ii—720nm infrared converted—and the 14-42mm electric zoom (ez) kit lens
A tiny boat cruising among some ice cubes on the Tasman Lake in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, April 2016.
That is what this is, isn't it? I mean, the boat has to be tiny. There's no way icebergs could be that enormous on a lake, right?!?!
Stichopogon cf schineri. This is the smallest robber fly I've ever seen, which I found on the beach in Bulgaria. I used a Raynox adapter on top of the macro lens to get a 2.5x magnification. The grains of sand give a little bit of a scale comparison.
Tiny Terror - Northern Pygmy-Owl heading out to hunt. Had an amazing encounter with a pair of this species hiking the Los Padres National Forest at dawn this past Spring. Thought I'd mix things up with all the Bobcats I've been posting lately. After wildcats, owls, eagles, falcons, etc. are my favorite subjects.
If you'd like to see more of my work of all these species, feel free to checkout my IG: @sswildlife
Species: Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium californicum)
Location: Southern California, CA, USA
Date Taken: April 2023
Equipment: Canon EOS R5 + RF 100-500mm IS
Settings: 1/800s, ISO: 6400, f/7.1 @500mm, Handheld, Electronic Shutter
Marshall Park, Madison, Wisconsin. The height of this flower is 0.7 in (1.8 cm).
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I love finding fungus in the woods! What wonderful colors and shapes, you just have to look real hard to find them!!! Not much of a problem for me cause I'm short! lol Have a great week everyone!!
We don't often see 'new' fungi in spring and early summer, they usually appear in autumn.
This bright orange cluster was right in my path in the woods, flourishing so well in late spring, and brilliantly noticeable in the (otherwise) ubiquitous green of the deep woods.
I am hoping someone can identify it for me.
42 photo stack, Zerene Stacker, 2.5 X Magnification, MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x, MT-24EX twin-flash, Macro, macro rail