This sucker was sitting on my deck railing staking out my pond and the fish. I pretty sure he/she hasn't taken any fish lately (pond is very over grown right now), but he did get some last fall/winter.John
Nice shot of an impressive bird.....I'm always amazed at how tall these guys really are when they let you get close enough to tell!!
Don't want to be a bore but the fox family that comes out to play every evening here in KDH is just too delicious not to share.
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Those eyes!
These fox pictures are really great to see. Thank you for posting
Our backyard hummer.
My Vanda orchid almost if full bloom. Blooms are 4 inches across.
Beautiful shots as usual, JZ! I love the color of the orchid. The shape reminds me of a toy windmill.
The twins are growing up fast. Here's the momma, twins, and a young buck. It's unusual for the momma to let the buck hang out with them, but he's been with them for most of the summer. I'm thinking he must have been one of her offspring.John
OOps.....
A Green Heron.
Anybody know his name? Seen in Arizona a few weeks ago.
A young Cooper's Hawk came calling yesterday.
What a shot! so near and so far...
Gold fish in the pond. We have a bunch of new baby's this year (not in the picture) and the older fish are doing great. Just gotta keep that damn heron out of the pond.The light blue one at the bottom is Ramses. He survived a winter in a cousins unheated pond. We gave them some plants and he must have went along for the trip. In the spring they decided to take out the pond and found him. He was returned in good health and has been around for around 5 years now.John
When I walked out on my deck Saturday morning to put my bird feeder out, I glanced out into the woods and this spider web caught my eye. The sunlight highlighted it at just the right angle for a few minutes. It is the most perfect one I have ever seen with even the strands anchoring it to the surrounding trees visible. What a work of art it is!!
With Halloween right around the corner, how about some creepy crawlers......I've always known these guys as Granddaddy Long Legs, but their actual name is the Harvestman. Contrary to a popular myth, they do not have fangs and are not venomous. This beauty is an American House Spider, totally harmless. Looks like a piece of jewelry.This is a Cuckoo Wasp, so called because she lays her eggs in other wasp's nests. And this is the Cuckoo Wasp in the clutches of an Orb Weaver a day later.This is an Orb Weaver or Garden Spider. These guys are everywhere this time of year, and while they are big and scary looking, they are harmless.The id on this one surprised me.....I guess because I've only seen the female with the hour glass on her stomach. This is a male Black Widow.
Yikes Nancy, your creepy crawler shots are stunning.
Awesome pictures Nancy, as always! John
A Hawk soaring over the dog run in NYC.
Birds in flight (BIF) is really hard to capture. Good shot!John
A Pileated Woodpecker at our Condo.
Back yard visitor yesterday...