We have a couple. Maybe I should do the camera motion activated thing. Mind you, there is so much territory squabbling that we might not see so much. The females are so busy being b*****s to each other, that the males are only seen a couple times a day, when the ladies are busy shopping for bugs or getting food ready for the chicks. All I know is, this is big Annies territory. There might be others, but in the last 5 years, they have set up camp here. I only wish I had better pics.
In the meantime, we do have these, all of which are in plentiful numbers, with the exception of the last pic, the albino Mallard
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Penguins and seals in Antarctica. Most beautiful place I’ve ever been.
What a brilliant photo - the moody sky is a simply perfect background for what is really a common run of the mill bird (sorry Mr. Herring!). I think it would look equally stunning in monochrome.
Seals at the White Strand, Great Blasket Island, off the west coast of Ireland
Very very angry birds at Beginish Island, near Dun Chaoin, Ireland. Across the water is InishTooskert or "The Sleeping Giant." There are no predators on Beginish, and birds lay their eggs in the grass. If you come near, their wrath will be visited upon you. Beginish is home to Storm Petrels, Manx Shearwaters, Arctic Terns, Fulmars and Razorbills.
Very very angry birds at Beginish Island, near Dun Chaoin, Ireland. Across the water is InishTooskert or "The Sleeping Giant." There are no predators on Beginish, and birds lay their eggs in the grass. If you come near, their wrath will be visited upon you. Beginish is home to Storm Petrels, Manx Shearwaters, Arctic Terns, Fulmars and Razorbills.
A pair of sandhill cranes with their new addition, they have been regulars in our neighborhood since we moved here 4 years ago.
The Fantastic Mr Fox stopped by during my morning coffee today.
He caught me off my guard and startled me a bit. I’m not usually lucky enough to catch him this close to the house.
He sniffed around a bit…no doubt hoping he might come across one of the many chipmunks that always appear in this part of the garden.
When it seemed breakfast wasn’t being served as of yet he decided to plop down and do a little grooming…perhaps waiting for it to show up.
Afterwards, he wandered up top and had a seat to case the joint.
I got a couple of nice videos of him too.
Cheers
He caught me off my guard and startled me a bit. I’m not usually lucky enough to catch him this close to the house.
He sniffed around a bit…no doubt hoping he might come across one of the many chipmunks that always appear in this part of the garden.
When it seemed breakfast wasn’t being served as of yet he decided to plop down and do a little grooming…perhaps waiting for it to show up.
Afterwards, he wandered up top and had a seat to case the joint.
I got a couple of nice videos of him too.
Cheers
I'll dial back on the owl pics but its been fascinating to watch the goings on around here lately. Seeing and hearing juveniles during the spring and summer has been a regular thing for the past few years, but this year has brought something new. During daylight hours, early in the morning or evening, I've wit
nessed what appear to be training sessions. Two youngsters and a parent will gather in a tree along the cleared area around our house and one will swoop down before returning to the tree. I'm never close enough to see much detail but its really interesting to watch. This youngster and I watched each other for about 5 min the other day
Took this a little while back in Spain (scanned from slide). Snake, obviously, but under about a metre of water. It was fishing, motionless then suddenly striking out at a passing fish. From memory, it was around a metre long.
There’s a construction project to widen our street and some of the neighborhood boys have stopped by to check it out.
