Monday in Nature October 24, 2016

[Laura Weishaupt]

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<p>Monday Morning Greetings,<br>

Last week was exciting here on photo.net with the launch of 4 new forums. A long awaited Macro Forum, along with Abstract, Landscape, and Drone will probably draw on folks here in Nature. These forums all go hand in hand, complimenting one another. They give us an opportunity to exchange ideas and see work from photographers that we might otherwise not encounter. I can hear a drones buzzing overhead now photographing fall foliage.</p>

<p>Oddly enough, MiN has it's beginnings as an idea for a thread called Macro Monday. For various reasons that didn't work out and here we are. Maybe there will be a POTW thread in Macro. The opener this week would be welcome in Macro, but this Chinese Lantern Fly is an unwelcome invasive species wrecking havoc in our area. It's a shame because it's really pretty, large, and relatively slow moving, hence easier to photograph.</p>

<p>Nothing wrecks havoc here except an empty cup of coffee. Let's embrace the new forums. New weekly threads? Why not? Here, it's always Monday in Nature.</p><div></div>

[gordonjb]

<p>From a hike last week. Stinkhorn <em>Phallus impudicus.</em><br />The fetid aroma was evident from quite a distance away and accomplishing its intended purpose of drawing in flies to get covered in spores which they disperse.</p><div></div>

[Bill J Boyd]

<p>Black-Crowned Night Heron</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>It's definitely the Afon Llugwy in the background, and it may be <em>Lactarius piperatus</em> in the foreground</p><div></div>

[ronald_duren]

<p>Birds of prey are almost commonplace in NYC. Last week I noticed Red-tail hawks in Brooklyn, Manhattan and this one in The Bronx.</p><div></div>

[biomed]

<p>Reflection of foliage along a river.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18302759-md.jpg" alt="IMG_6550" width="680" height="453" border="0" /></center><center>Canon Powershot S100</center>

[sallymack]

<p>Archaea-containing scum on canal from July.</p><div></div>

[Jon Eckman]

<p>End of the season</p><div></div>

[nilantha]

<p>Time to go home.....</p><div></div>

[Robin Smith]

<p>Hosta la vista....</p>

[ShunCheung]

<p>Fighting American Coots</p><div></div>

[fgorga]

<p>Here in New Hampshire, this year's foliage season was spectacular.</p>

<p><img src="http://gorga.org/blog/wp-content/gallery/19-oct-2016b/dsc5679.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="600" /><br>

Wetland Margin in Autumn</p>

 

[MarcelRomviel]

My contribution:<div></div>

[stemked]

<p>If you find yourself in Northern Indiana not less than an hour from the Chicago area October/November is a magical time at Jasper/Pullaski National Wildlife Refuge. Thousands upon thousands of cranes migrate into the area and move between an open area in the refuge to nearby grain fields. It is quite a spectacle, especially early in the morning or late afternoon.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18302823-lg.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="596" /></p>

[bnelson]

<p>Fire and Pain: my old nemesis, Poison Oak (<em>Toxicodendron diversilobum</em>) Had many unpleasant encounters with this evil creation.</p><div></div>

[Mary Doo]

<p>Monarch butterfly on thistle.</p><div></div>

[bing_huey1]

<p> A view of the extensive die-off of trees, mostly conifers, in the southern Sierra. </p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Bing - is this disease-related die-off or is it the carbon dioxide emissions near Mammoth Lake?</p>

[bnelson]

<p>John F. This is caused by the bark beetle infestation caused by years of drought. <br>

Shun: Never seen coots fight like that before. Great catch.<br>

Great photos today. It's great to live in nature!</p>

[User_6502147]

<p>@Doug, have seen these guys in Fairbanks training to depart....who knows where (del apache comes to mind)<br>

@Shun, strangely I've seen similar disagreements (maybe not this physical) on this pond in Vancouver, BC. They do have quite interesting and colorful feet.</p>

<p>Les</p>

 

[ShunCheung]

<p>There are a lot of coots in my local area (San Francisco). There are so many of them that I normally don't bother to photograph them, kind of like gulls. However, this was also the first time I saw them getting into a flight. That lasted for a few minutes in muddy water. I have a few images with mud flying all over the place and are quite interesting. Since Laura has an one-image rule, maybe I'll post some to Nikon Wednesday in a couple of days.</p>

<p>I captured that image at Radio Road in Redwood City. That has been a bird photography hot spot in the San Fran Bay Area. However, the water company that owns the pond will start draining it today, October 24. Therefore I went there for a final visit before the water is gone.</p>

<p>This bird fight reminds me a francolin fight I saw in Southern Africa earlier this year: http://www.photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00e2zs</p>

[bing_huey1]

<p>Thanks, Bill, for answering John's query.</p>

[kemalriza]

<p>From last week</p><div></div>

[Glenn McCreery]

<p>Egrets at Arroyo Burro Beach, California.</p><div></div>

[Matthew Currie]

<p>Nothing much new this week, but here's a bit from earlier in the fall. The birds like to dive down and catch bugs on the pond. This one, I think, miscalculated a bit in the evening shade, and got a dunking. He looks bewildered. </p><div></div>