Tricolored Heron doing its walk on water routine.

Dipladenia flower about to unfurl

One from the archives for the Looking Close on Friday theme of tip. I have no idea what the plant is!

Looking Close... on Friday: Tip

On tonight's episode of "Cats Are Perfect": the ear! This delicate, soft little ear possesses 32 muscles (we poor humans only have 6) and allows cats to keep their balance, move their ears 180°, and of course hear 5 times better than us. It never ceases to amaze me how these little killing machines with superfeline powers can be so graceful, elegant, beautiful... and so, so cute! (Incidentally, the cuteness is... not incidental. They share baby-like features with lots of baby animals, which makes us subconsciously attracted to them. But these devious little monsters have also managed to tune their purring to a human baby's cries, triggering our instinct to protect, help... and smooch. We are being totally manipulated. And we love that.)

An early season male on a buttercup (Nottingham, UK) (8330)

Male orange tip on blossoms of saxifrage in warm sunrise light.

During the shooting, the butterfly rolled the proboscis constantly in and out and moved, which did not make the focussing much easier.

Männlicher Aurorafalter auf Blüten des Wiesen- oder Köllchensteinbrechs im warmen Sonnenaufgangslicht.

Während des fotografierens rollte er den Saugrüssel ständig ein und aus und bewegte sich, was das scharfstellen nicht gerade vereinfachte.

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I photographed this little Palm Warbler last week during Spring migration at Chicago's Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary.

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CPKC is really pushing the limits of their mainline in the Mississippi River floodwaters in downtown Davenport, IA as an empty ballast train heads north with KCS 3967 and KCS 4405.

Another northbound would follow the ballast train 1.5 hours later and the mainline will possibly shut down yet today with floodgates closing at Waterworks.

April 29, 2023.

Male Orange Tip butterfly in my garden

Padiham, Lancashire

Last years leaves can still be seen on these trees

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

A happy shot of a Douglas Fir tip. Things look so green in rain or drizzle.

Giant Swallowtail butterfly taking nectar from a wild Coneflower.

Common though not so abundant this year.

Brugge 13-01-2018

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weiblicher Aurorafalter

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did try to put the Tears for Fears track here (tipping point) but for some reason I keep on getting a bad link - so I shall hum instead -----^^

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Loch Spelve, Isle of Mull

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The subject is tip . . .

Just enough snow to give this bison frosted tips 😊

When in the country I use to find antlers that had been shed, trick is to beat the field mice to the prize. That is my tip of the day on getting antler tips.

RSPB Baron's Haugh, Motherwell...have learned its best not to photograph these in bright sunshine!

These majestic, gentle giants live in grasslands and savannahs. Originally native to Africa, they are now established in Europe, North America, South America and Australia. Their horns can span 8 ft from tip to tip. Seen in the Houston Zoo.

Janolus savinkini, common name purple-tipped janolus, is a colorful sea slug, an arminina (a suborder of Janolus) nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Proctonotidae. The body and caruncle of this species are yellow with a hue of light orange. The papillae and cerata are also this colour except for the tips, which are blue/purple, hence the common name. (Wikipedia) Anilao, South Luzon, Philippines

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You can just see the orange edge of this male Orange Tip wing, the first one of the year for me. This was taken late yesterday afternoon, it was to cold for it to fly, and as the temperatures went down to -4 here last night it was still there this morning. It hasn't got much better through the day, and it is still there now on the end of this white lilac bud,

Rusty-tipped page (Siproeta epaphus) or brown siproeta, is a New World butterfly that lives all year in tropical habitats. Seen at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's Butterfly Jungle

Anthocharis cardamines

Male on Lady's Smock

Anthocharis cardamines (OrangeTip) is a small butterfly belonging to the Pieridae family. They emerge in early April. The males can be easily recognized by the orange tips of their wings which the females don't possess. They can be found throughout Europe and temperate Asia as far as China.

Tips of clouds lit up. They were totally gone as soon as the sun set!

This male Orange Tip was taking a few minutes rest on his favourite sprig of Hawthorn, from defending his patch. Orange Tip season seems to be almost over. A shame as I love to see them in spring, and this was a bumper year for them.

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Methinks I’ll stop now- this one is pretty darn good!! Sometimes my little iPhone acquits itself nicely!!

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A Female Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) on the bright pink spring flowers

Old digital shot taken on a Canon EOS 40D