Monday in Nature, 25 May 2020

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Happy Memorial Day to everyone! This week's kickoff is another Snowy Egret from the Bear River MBR.

 

This is 10th consecutive year Athena (GHO) has raised babies in same nest at Lady Bird Wildflower Center in Austin. These owlets fledged on May 7th and when I took this shot a couple of days ago, they were still taking flying lessons & learning to hunt.

 

This leopard seems annoyed by the "sausages" hanging over its neck.

 

Pygmy owl on a young Sitka spruce on a bright foggy day.

 

Near Seven Magic Mountains, S Las Vegas Blvd, NV

 

Nap Time; Mom on Guard
Taken in Jack E. Hill Park, Elk Grove, CA 21 May 2020 @ 1:12 PM
Nikon D750 1/1600 sec, f/8, ISO 6400 (Auto) Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD A009N @ 200mm Range: 4.47 meters
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Good to the last drop!

 

posted yesterday in another forum

 

Jump! by David Stephens, on Flickr

 

I'll be keeping my social distance from this one:


Taken by the Potomac river 5/24/2020.