Monday in Nature Weekly Photo Aug 17 , 2015

[Laura Weishaupt]

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<p>Monday Morning Greetings,<br>

So often lovely creatures in nature start out looking like little ugly ducklings. Newly emerged fungi rarely look anything like their mature state. These small and quite young <em>Suillus americanus</em> will grow to deep yellow that almost glows against the forest floor. They looked a bit mysterious in the shaded location.</p>

<p>Monday in Nature is the place for young and old from the natural world, all of them beauties.</p><div></div>

[Rick Bortnick]

<p>While not mysterious, early morning light on <em>Eutrochium</em>. </p><div></div>

[mbkissel]

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[cegeiss]

<p>From a recent hike in the bogs.</p><div></div>

[colin carron]

<p>I just spotted this fox in my neighbour's garden. I reckon I am OK with the<em> hand of man</em> rule as I have never seen my neighbour do any work on his garden.</p><div></div>

[Bill J Boyd]

<p>Dragonfly</p><div></div>

[DawsonPointers]

<p>Well Laura, I actually took this photo of an 'ugly duckling' yesterday. My intent was to show how big a merganser's feet are and why they can swim so fast. This poor baby was moulting and acquiring adult plumage. It seemed to be uncomfortable and would roll in the water to be able to have a good scratch.</p><div></div>

[andy_szeto]

Let me try one last time.<div></div>

[gduffy]

<p>This photo is more about the content than the technicalities. It was taken at an extreme distance with a 500mm + 1.4 tc then severely cropped. The wolf eats at it's kill as the Raven and Bald Eagle await their turn. Later on a grizzly took over the kill. A rather famous one at that... the Yellowstone Grizzly known as Scar Face. I will post him next week!</p><div></div>

[Laura Weishaupt]

<p>Gary, those geese look a bit nervous. Was the kill a goose?</p>

[Jon Eckman]

<p>Late afternoon light on a once brilliant blue Hydrangea in my yard</p><div></div>

[biomed]

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18071317-md.jpg" alt="BeesFeeding2" width="680" height="510" border="0" /></center><center>Canon G15</center>

[gduffy]

<p>Laura,<br>

It is my guess that the kill is either an elk or buffalo calf. Something much larger than a goose for sure.</p>

[Charles_Sumner]

<p>Nice work everyone! </p>

[sallymack]

<p>With record-breaking heat here in northern California, cool and refreshing seems to fit the bill. --Sally</p><div></div>

[RickDB]

<p>Old and new together; the magic of nature's cycle of life. A colorful old Russula emetica fading away whilst a tiny yellow Leucocoprinus birnbaumii sprouts forth from a decaying fallen branch.</p><div></div>

[Glenn McCreery]

<p>Red milkweed beetle munching it's namesake plant. I planted a patch of milkweed by our front lawn in hope of attracting monarch butterflies, but there have been only a few this summer.</p><div></div>

[ShunCheung]

<p>Forster's tern (<em>Sterna forsteri</em>) feeding young<br>

Nikon D750 with 600mm lens @ f5, 1/1600 sec, auto ISO 220</p><div></div>

[Gup]

<p>This guy was busy munching down some milkweed that I had hoped would attract Monarchs.</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Christoph - nicely composed from the complexity of a woodland.<br>

Just waiting. No, I didn't see the spider when I photographed the web - not until the image was on my computer.</p><div></div>

[Gup]

<p>I just realized how similar my post was to Glenn's. I didn't see a single Monarch here this year, although that doesn't mean there weren't some, I was away a bit. But, no caterpillars, either. However, lots of Milkweed Tiger Moth caterpillars devouring the milkweeds to the stems. (photos next week...)</p>

[dcstep]

<p><strong>Snowy Egret Flies By</strong></p>

<p><a title="Snowy Egret Flying To A Resting Spot" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/724/20573431342_ccca050245_c.jpg" alt="Snowy Egret Flying To A Resting Spot" width="800" height="400" /></a></p>

[Mary Doo]

<p>Quite a few milkweed-related stories here. My milkweed saw a helper, hunting down the dreaded aphids.</p><div></div>

[greg s]

<p>hummingbird nest, taken in the court yard at work ... the young were well on their way to fledglings</p>

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[funkag]

<p>Here's some monarch caterpillars for you - we planted some milkweed in the backyard this year and have about 7 or 8 caterpillars working their way through it. </p><div></div>