Monday in Nature Dec. 19, 2016

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<p>Greetings,<br>

It's a good morning to wrap hands around a warm cup of anything and enjoy a fire while we wait for sunrise. Maybe our forum friends in the southern hemisphere could send images of summer. It's glad tidings all around, no matter where we are. Between the solstice and upcoming holidays there's no shortage of celebrations in the week ahead. Maybe some new gear is in the future.</p>

<p>I hope everyone has a pleasant week filled with good cheer, light, and joy. Nature provided some ornaments filled with sleet pellets. I wish the stack had worked......maybe next time. Best wishes for holidays, with a bit of The Force tossed in for Monday in Nature.</p><div></div>

<p>Amanita species ?</p><div></div>

<p>Mallards (<em>Anas platyrhynchos</em>) in flight, Nikon D500 + 200-500mm lens</p><div></div>

<p>An overnight ice storm left everything including this young button buck covered with a layer of ice.</p><div></div>

<p>American White Pelican at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas. </p><div></div>

<p>Fungal abstraction</p><div></div>

<p>Sunrise yesterday morning in black and white</p><div></div>

<p>Gordon, perhaps A. magniverrucata?</p>

<p>Edwin given my location, my best guess would be <em>Amanita abrupta</em>. There are a large number of white warted Amanita species. </p>

 

<p>Rime ice. I learned something while taking this the other day. I have seen rime ice many times but generally after it has formed. This shot was taken while it was forming - high north winds blowing ice fog off the lake at about 0F. The rime crystals form <em>into</em> the wind, <em>not</em> as a flag would blow, so in the photo the wind is blowing from right to left. Makes sense now that I think about it.</p><div></div>

<p>Gordon -superb. From me, tussocks of <em>Deschampsia</em> - good to look at, but not the easiest of walking.</p><div></div>

<p><strong>Big Buck On Snowy Sub-zero Morning</strong><br>

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<p><a title="Big Buck On A Snowy Sub-zero Morning" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/1/597/31703730895_aec0d0c4b4_b.jpg" alt="Big Buck On A Snowy Sub-zero Morning" width="819" height="1024" /></a></p>

<p>The Blue Jays were still around in the Bronx NY.</p><div></div>

<p>All very nice viewing, this morning. Fabulous shot, Tim. Here's my sea smoke photo on lake Michigan, from a few days ago.</p><div></div>

<p>Gordon, very nice. There's not enough information to tell what species, but definitely an <em>Amanita</em>. As you say, there are many large, warty, white members of the genus in your location. That floccose material can get all over everything quick.</p>

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<p>No snow and ice where I live, but here's a shot taken a couple of weeks ago.</p><div></div>

<p>Just a reminder about not having images with man made features. However, according to the <a href="https://psa-photo.org/index.php?nature-nature-definition">guidelines that we based MiN on</a>, "<em>.....where those human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves." </em><br>

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<em><br /></em>OK, it's not a hurricane or tidal wave. Merry X-mas, and kudos to all who braved the brutal cold. </p>

<p>Great images here today, Tim I like your B&W Sunrise image. This was taken few weeks ago in Lodi, CA.</p><div></div>

<p>Dragonfly on a leaf.<br>

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<p>Great freezing photos. Not on my agenda here.<br>

A black-necked stilt and a green-winged teal. Thanks Shun.</p><div></div>

<p>I found this leaf while walking on frozen Georgian Bay.</p><div></div>

<p>What I found on a downed Monterey pine (my first try at focus stacking--dang, that's fun!) (and it's amazing how fast googling "furry shelf fungus" leads to an ID)</p><div></div>

<p>Leaves of a mediterranean bush in the last golden sunrays of the day.</p><div></div>

<p>Shun, I love those mallards. I have a similar flight scene on my mailbox, which is getting old (and actually got knocked over by the passing snow plow two days ago) and I still want to keep it. ;-)</p>

<p>I love shooting out of the airplane window. Some scenery are so spectacular. But I cannot tell where they were taken.</p>

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<p>Just got back from a couple of weeks in Peru, one in the Amazon basin jungle. It will take weeks to go through the stuff, and my 55-300 was behaving erratically, but I got a few. For now, here's a monkey eating a flower.</p><div></div>