ShunCheung Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 This is the additional weekly image thread for the Nature Forum. While images posted to this thread should still be nature in theme, it may contain a small amount of human-made objects and therefore less restricted than the Monday in Nature threads. Please see this discussion for more details: Alternative weekly thread in Nature forum Each participant please post no more than just one image per weekly thread. Red-winged blackbirds 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Boyd Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Red Wing Blackbird in Dallas, Texas 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 Why did I choose that red-winged image? Bill immediately posts one that is better than mine. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_szeto Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Parsons Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Why did I choose that red-winged image? Bill immediately posts one that is better than mine. :cool: Not necessarily better, just a different approach. Mona Lisa from an alternative viewpoint, if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuntaColorada Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) Fuzzy Wuzzy was a.....moth. The wingspan is about 15cm and retract into the typical moth delta shape. But, when I touched it, the wings spread wide and the body puffed up to reveal the yellow stripes. I wonder if the yellow stripes are to imitate a wasp. If so, it would be a frighteningly big one. Insects and spiders down here in Uruguay are quite interesting. Edited February 1, 2019 by PuntaColorada 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Eckman Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah Vallette Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennS Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnelson Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 How about a female red winged blackbird. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn McCreery Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 After knocking down an unoccupied wasp nest in my garage, I was struck how beautiful it was. It reminds me of some Native American pottery. Perhaps some of these potters were inspired by wasp nests? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nail33 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 [ATTACH=full]1281329[/ATTACH] After knocking down an unoccupied wasp nest in my garage, I was struck how beautiful it was. It reminds me of some Native American pottery. Perhaps some of these potters were inspired by wasp nests? I've never seen one with that many different colors. Ours (in central New York state) are just a light grey. Nests like these house hornets where I come from. Wasps have small honeycombed type of nests here. Indeed, the colored one in your photograph does remind me of some pottery (and woven basket) patterns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 Dieter, is that Piedras Blancas? I haven't been there in a few years, and I was always there around Christmas time. It looks like that colony may have grown quite a bit. I have never seen so many California elephant seals there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 is that Piedras Blancas Yes, it is. There's actually three stretches of beach that are directly accessible from the main parking lot. A few years ago, the boardwalk was extended both along the northern and southernmost beaches; the central one is small and only partially visible from the parking lot (usually not much happening there anyway). The image above is the southernmost one - by far the largest; there were some seals on beaches farther south - not nearly as accessible even though there is a hiking trail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Territorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan2240 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Boy, as a lurker, I'm really disappointed in the 'nature unlimited' threads. Most of the images would easily qualify for the regular nature thread (and that includes all of the previous threads, not just this one). C'mon people, post some stuff that fits the intent of 'unlimited.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_szeto Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 A female Red-winged Blackbird. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcyin Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 redtailed hawk by Tom Yin, on Flickr 2 www.neurotraveler.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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