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In case anyone is curious where that hawk above was, I've attached a photo that provides perspective from where I was standing. It's about what a naked eye view would be. In the center of the photo is a dead tree with branches making a V. Inside the V is a red circle showing another V on a tree further away. The bird was on the V inside the V. in the red circle. It's very hard to see that V without opening the photo and zooming and even then it's very light.
The baby house sparrows in my garage appear to have fledged. They were there yestrday and gone today. Two days ago the parents has cleared a space for the kids to more easily fly out. Now the parents have cleaned out the hole of dirty crap and left it on the ground and it looks like they are now relining the hole for the next batch. I guess they don't mind my coming by several times a day to open the garage.
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Wow, I've never seen one of those before, and it really does look like a hummingbird at a glance.
(Love the names you gave to the photo files, too
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The old wildlife topic got bumped and i accidentally posted in it yesterday.
We are in Maine this week. Will get the photos posted later but so far nice photos of a loon. Also at low tide this evening (sunday)we went down and found, got photos of, star fish, sea urchins, big hemit crags, eels and others strange critters and a hard shell clam, chohog, that was so huge it could be a whole meal.. we put them all back.
Today (monday) we went to the Schoodic section of Acadia National Park. It the point i saw a ruckus of gulls and cormorants several hundred yards off the point. I pointed my camera and zoomed. There were three animals with fluke fins breaking the surface. I assume common dolphins. I have no idea why common dolphins would attract a croud of cormorants and gull unless they were all attracted to a school of fish. Photos in a few days.
Later after dinner we went to the shore again at low tide. The kids got a live sand dollar, jonah crab, sea cucumber, many huge fiddler crabs, green sea urchin and a live lobster by net wading in the water.
Again, photos to follow in a few days. I am posting from my Tablet using my phone's hotspot.
We are in Maine this week. Will get the photos posted later but so far nice photos of a loon. Also at low tide this evening (sunday)we went down and found, got photos of, star fish, sea urchins, big hemit crags, eels and others strange critters and a hard shell clam, chohog, that was so huge it could be a whole meal.. we put them all back.
Today (monday) we went to the Schoodic section of Acadia National Park. It the point i saw a ruckus of gulls and cormorants several hundred yards off the point. I pointed my camera and zoomed. There were three animals with fluke fins breaking the surface. I assume common dolphins. I have no idea why common dolphins would attract a croud of cormorants and gull unless they were all attracted to a school of fish. Photos in a few days.
Later after dinner we went to the shore again at low tide. The kids got a live sand dollar, jonah crab, sea cucumber, many huge fiddler crabs, green sea urchin and a live lobster by net wading in the water.
Again, photos to follow in a few days. I am posting from my Tablet using my phone's hotspot.
Groundhog.
Robber fly.
American goldfinch.
Rob
"How much wood would a wood chuch chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?"
Ground hog/ wood chuck, whissle pigs, are a rare photo! At least for me.
Ground hog/ wood chuck, whissle pigs, are a rare photo! At least for me.
Arctish
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I bumped it because I didn't know about this thread. Reposting those posts here:
Common Hawker (Aeshna juncea)
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Fun fact:
I'm pretty sure this is an Eye-Spotted Lady Beetle larva (Anatis mali) on my mailbox.
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I see them regularly, but it is an uncommon experience to get a picture of them, I agree.
Rob
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One of my dearest friends from college is now a retired journalist. He has been birding for just five years, but I find some of his photos truly amazing. Many of us have been pestering him to publish them, and he finally has put up a web site. Some of these pictures are quite stunning. If you visit the web page, it is a slide show. Just wait a few moments, and it will start. Enjoy.
Wings and Wonder
Wings and Wonder
Oh, cool. Thanks for the link.
Rob
Rob
Leafhopper.
Two fall webworm moth caterpillars, different morphs.
Rob
We got home from Maine today. I think that this will be 5 pages.
A Common Loon in Frenchman Bay
Some eel kind of thing in a tide pool. It's about 5 inches long. There is a smaller one to the right. Also a green crab.
Very small Star Fish
Very small green sea urchin
A normal size green sea urchin
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A Common Loon in Frenchman Bay
Some eel kind of thing in a tide pool. It's about 5 inches long. There is a smaller one to the right. Also a green crab.
Very small Star Fish
Very small green sea urchin
A normal size green sea urchin
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Some small spiny fish in a tide pool. It's about 3 inches long
A huge quahog or hard shell clam. It was a few feet below low tide.
Common Eider
From Schoodic Point looking out to the ocean a ruckus of gulls and cormorants and in the upper left there is a common dolphin breaking the surface
A closer shot of a dolphin. As I mentioned a few days ago, I can only guess there is a school of some food swimming below to attract all these critters.
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A huge quahog or hard shell clam. It was a few feet below low tide.
Common Eider
From Schoodic Point looking out to the ocean a ruckus of gulls and cormorants and in the upper left there is a common dolphin breaking the surface
A closer shot of a dolphin. As I mentioned a few days ago, I can only guess there is a school of some food swimming below to attract all these critters.
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A pile of cormorants on an island at a tidal falls
Same island, some common eiders in an eddy
An Osprey headed somewhere
A live sand dollar urchin. Low Low tide again and the kids went looking for critters
A bucket with some of the first finds. The sand dollar is in there and the other blob is a sea cucumber. There are also small and very large hermit crags.
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Same island, some common eiders in an eddy
An Osprey headed somewhere
A live sand dollar urchin. Low Low tide again and the kids went looking for critters
A bucket with some of the first finds. The sand dollar is in there and the other blob is a sea cucumber. There are also small and very large hermit crags.
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A Lion's Mane jellyfish floating to shore. Probably dead.
The bucket. Many more hermit crabs have been added. Also a Jonah crab and a green sea urchin.
A better look at the sea cucumber
The last thing the kids got at low tide that evening was a live lobster. They herded it to shore and then grabbed it. All of the critters in the bucket were set free.
Next evening a mackerel that they got while fishing off the docks.
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The bucket. Many more hermit crabs have been added. Also a Jonah crab and a green sea urchin.
A better look at the sea cucumber
The last thing the kids got at low tide that evening was a live lobster. They herded it to shore and then grabbed it. All of the critters in the bucket were set free.
Next evening a mackerel that they got while fishing off the docks.
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A red squirrel on the rocks
A juvenile bald eagle
A snapping turtle on a rock
Page 5/5.
We are home for the work week and going back up to Maine Friday through Labor Day.
A red squirrel on the rocks
A juvenile bald eagle
A snapping turtle on a rock
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We are home for the work week and going back up to Maine Friday through Labor Day.
This morning when I stepped out in the driveway a ruby throated humming bird was at the flowers. These are not the sharpest photos because I was at maximum zoom and it was quite cloudy out.
