Nature Unlimited, 17 July 2020

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Hill City, South Dakota, USA:

 

St. Kilda Penguin, Melbourne, Australia
Sony A7rii, 24-240mm @ 240mm, f6.3, 1/25, ISO 16000

 

Bluebird family (parent and 2 youngsters)

 

This is the biggest Sea Lion on the highest rock and after months of two or three walks a week on the Monterey Coast Guard Pier, I'm pretty sure he recognizes me.

 

There it was...a quick flip in the air and then...gone. The Uruguayans call there birds Zorzales, like a Canadian robin but not quite.

 

Interesting. It looks like that is right by Melbourne. I was in Melbourne two years ago and went to Philip Island for penguin watching.It is a great experience, but they don't allow photography there.

 

Suburban bald eagle

 

So, what's for dinner tonight? by Tom Yin, on Flickr

The other half of my cheeky Kea series

 

This little fellow considered hitching a ride, but wisely decided against it.

 

Jiminy Cricket!

 

"Thinking hard" along the Monterey Coast in the mid 90's

 

All I can currently do is dig into the archives, I haven't taken the camera out for some 5 months now - nor have I processed any images during that time frame.

 

Bison bison, the quadruped so nice they named it twice

 

Dieter, at least you are back. Hope you'll be taking new pictures soon.