Monday in Nature Feb 6, 2017

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<p>Good Morning,<br>

I hope you've had a great week. We'll get started with some soft curly seed heads from Clematis virginiana. They are always a pleasant find even though the seeds often hang on the vines well into winter. Sounds like Monday in Nature.......always a pleasant find. Have a great day everyone.</p><div></div>

<p>Snowdrops in flower - spring is coming, somewhen</p><div></div>

<p>Staying with the plant theme: brown oaks, and maybe the first hint of snow-covered tall mountains in the evening light. Clouds - snow ? We could never quite agree that evening.</p><div></div>

<p>Brown Pelican at North Padre Island Texas.</p><div></div>

<p>An older b&w photo of clematis seed.</p><div></div>

<p>I had one of those special days yesterday, 9 owls of two different species, one a lifer for me. Cap that off with a Painted Turtle (Indiana in February?) and it was a great day to enjoy a bit of the natural world.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18339907-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="579" /></p>

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<li><strong>Long Eared Owl, NW Indiana. Pentax K1 Pentax 150-450mm</strong></li>

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<p>Gordon - I really like your image!</p>

<p>Sunrise in winter with ice</p><div></div>

<p>Gordon, Really like your image too.</p>

<p>Tim, I just got the same camera for underwater snorkeling. Nice to see it has a lot of other interesting properties. Nice image!</p>

<p>Playing around with my phone camera</p><div></div>

<p><strong>Wandering Tattler</strong><br>

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<p><a title="Wandering Tattler" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/715/31827867263_db8652cafd_b.jpg" alt="Wandering Tattler" width="1024" height="819" /></a></p>

<p>Exceptionally good day for reflections at the wetlands yesterday during high tide. Overcast with the sun at just the right angle.The sideways "v" forms at the top of the picture is scum and reflection which had clung to pickleweed as the tide slowly receded. Any disturbance of the water, no matter how slight, is enough to break the tension. The scum doesn't pop so much as disappear, there one second, gone the next. </p><div></div>

<p>Lots of Egrets this year.</p><div></div>

<p>One more</p><div></div>

<p>Just an old tree in the morning fog.</p><div></div>

<p>Sanford,<br>

This is MiN, not Monochrome Monday........we only post one here. ;-)</p>

<p>What, me worry?</p><div></div>

<p>Went to iceland last week. Here's a shot of the aurora borealis.</p><div></div>

<p>Believe it or not, we really have winter in Arizona - some parts, anyway. This is a three-shot panorama of Mingus Mountain overlooking Cottonwood.</p>

<p>And, yes, it's a dry snow...</p><div></div>

<p>Sloth<br>

<img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v8VxtajBqIQ/WJiKT15fWcI/AAAAAAAAB3M/It5PUDpYP7karSuGv_FthwPMW8-eD4v0QCLcB/s1600/Sloth.jpg" alt="" width="725" height="1000" /></p>

<p>Morning Fog</p><div></div>

<p>Gordon, thanks for sharing image. A really great one. Tim, I like you "sunrise in winter," image too. <br>

Mine is a rotting leaf in natural light.</p><div></div>

Looks like this page is ultra long. Finally was able to load a photo (?)

Something from Shun's neighborhood (Moss Landing).

 

Les

 

Anyone has an idea what happened here ? The image is 800 pixels on the long end.

 

Les

Looks like we're back to the future. I don't know anymore than anyone else. Maybe admins will let us in on the new rules of the road like pixel size. There are many things to get used to, so lets try to help one another. I'm going to start a new thread so we can practice..........I don't even know if posting the intro is the same, but there is a familiar look and feel to things, which is a nice improvement from 2.0