sallymack Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Spider and prey. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Barkdoll Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Loos like David and Goliath, Sally. Test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Barkdoll Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 June beetles mating 3 Test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymack Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 Edwin, yes, it was amazing to watch. The bug was many times larger than the tiny spider. The spider would dart toward the struggling bug to wrap a strand of web around some part of it, then retreat well out of reach, wait, then dart in, again. It wasn't long before the spider had lassoed two legs in the series of photos I took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Boyd Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Sally...Thank you for starting my favorite thread on PN. Here is Athena, a Great Horned Owl who has nested for 8-consecutive years above entrance to Lady Bird Wildflower Center in Austin. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymack Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 You're welcome, Bill, it's my favorite thread on PN, too. I saw Shun's post asking someone to start the thread this week and since no one else had. . . Athena is gorgeous! Nice shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Eckman Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 I'm generally not a spider fan, but found this one intriguing. And thanks as well for starting this week's thread Sally. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 The deer have been staying pretty much out of view all winter, but this little one turned up in the back yard a couple of days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstep Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Goose Takes Off I'm Taking Off, Clear The Way! by David Stephens, on Flickr 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonjb Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leslie Reid Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Thanks for starting the thread, Sally! I don't know if I could face the week without MiN as the starting point. Low tide, low-gradient beach, odd tracks in the wet sand, and I finally track down the perpetrator. Or it tracks down itself. Sand crab chasing a woozle 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Sea Lion Pod, Monterey Bay 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) Sally, thanks for starting the thread. Fiery-throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis), Costa Rica Edited April 17, 2017 by ShunCheung 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing_huey1 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Out in a light rain... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Doo Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Years ago, I always thought that the images on Chinese paintings were mystical lots. That the "castles (houses, jagged cliffs and trees) in the air" were just that - artist dreams and imagination. My visits to China's Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) and Guilin had changed all that. Mountains, houses, trees were indeed hanging in the air, so "evident" especially in early morn. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronald_duren Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Mockingbird 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRCrowe Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Kildeer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Waterbuck males competing = Treetops, Kenya 1974 GAF 500 film, Nikkormat FTn, Vivitar 85-205mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gup Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Some excellent shots, as per usual. I'm still not able to access this site on demand... maybe next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Desert Candles, Carrizo Plain National Monument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Again it is Sunday already (and probably Monday in New Zealand, etc.). While it maybe nice to know in advance who will start the next Monday in Nature thread, I think it can work quite well that whoever gets to it first will start it next. Please just specify that it is for Monday, 24th of April, 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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