Nature Photography (Formally Spring is in the Air)

[Gwangi]

Carrying on the tradition. For the original thread started by Radman click here, lots of great pictures over there.

[Takama]

black bird bathing

[ZoPteryx]

With a fresh new forum, it's a perfect time for me to finally share some of my wildlife photos.


A partial leucistic California Towhee.


A gorgeous, and skittish, Hooded Warbler.  A rare migrant and winter visitor in my area, I've been trying to get a half decent shot of this guy for over two months and the wait finally paid off!


Lilac-crowned Parrot.  A sizeable feral flock of these noisy beauties is established at the park where these photos were taken.  On closer inspection, this bird's looking a bit more like a Lilac x Red-crowned hybrid.

[Thundercharge]

Saw a couple real life dinosaurs while I was doing a quick diorama/relaxation trip 

Ardea herodias, the Great Blue Heron.




And Aramus guarauna (Limpkin)



They were both picking around in the water together, and I watched them from a distance for a while
I also got bitten by a mosquito or two, and after watching the birds I looked around in the nearby undergrowth, noting some spiders, ants, and numerous creepies at the microscopic level when I found this guy (well, girl):



She was so full of my blood that she couldn't move, so she was hidden beneath a bunch of leaves while she digested her, um, meal.

[Lio99]

Not for us Aussies, its autumn here.   

[Roselaar]

It's spring alright, the toads are at it again. Two females, 10 males...

[stoneage]

Not for us Aussies, its autumn here.

Well it's Winter here but the temperature was a record 82 degrees today.  In fact four of the past five days have set similar records.  It's like Summer.

[Gwangi]

A lot more amphibians within the next couple days. Wood frogs, spring peepers and with any luck maybe a chorus frog but for now just these American toads.

[Takama]

They are all over the place in my home town.

so I like to take a jar out, and see how many I can catch whithen a certain time limit.

Dont worry, I let them live and go when I get bored with them.

[ZoPteryx]

The toad in the first pic looks like he just got caught doing something he shouldn't have been!

[Lio99]

The toad in the first pic looks like he just got caught doing something he shouldn't have been!

funny 

[Gwangi]

Spring peepers, American toads and wood frogs but still no chorus frogs (though I did hear some).













Can anyone spot the caddisfly larvae?

[Lio99]

That place looks freaky!

[Himmapaan]

I think it looks magical. I was about to say how much I like the picture with the trees.

[ZoPteryx]

What a cool swamp!  I can't find the caddisfly larvae though.

[Gwangi]

What a cool swamp!  I can't find the caddisfly larvae though.

There is a stick being overlapped by the frogs right leg, it is holding on to that stick.

A new night and some new pictures!

[Gwangi]

No new activity? Spring is here people (sorry Australia), get out there and see what you can find!

This house sparrow was dust bathing outside my window just awhile ago.

[Roselaar]

The toads are doing the nasty in my tiny pond in record numbers this year: 16! And only 3 female...

[Lio99]

The bearded dragon.

[Takama]

Robbins hopping around my backyard