Monday in Nature Weekly Photo Nov. 23, 2015

[Laura Weishaupt]

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<p>Good Morning,<br>

I hope you've had a great week of getting out and finding joy in nature. This week we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the U.S. It's always easy to find something to be thankful for. Go find it, and celebrate it like crazy. We should do it every day. We all probably do in some way.</p>

<p>Have a great Monday in Nature. It is one of the simple pleasures for which I am thankful.</p><div></div>

[cegeiss]

<p>One of the last warm evenings in western Iowa - with beautiful light to boot.</p><div></div>

[sallymack]

<p>I'm grateful for the sometimes golden early morning sun these winter mornings. --Sally</p><div></div>

[Bill J Boyd]

<p>Two <strong>American White Pelicans</strong> at White Rock Lake in Dallas. </p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Christoph - good use of lovely light. Yew berries.</p><div></div>

[justthings]

<p>Post-storm atmosphere from last Thursday.</p>

<p><a title="Aftermath" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/outwithmycamera13/22882481260/in/dateposted-public/" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/602/22882481260_8218c48df9_z.jpg" alt="Aftermath" width="640" height="403" /></a></p>

[DawsonPointers]

<p>They're back! -16.8C here this morning.</p><div></div>

[dcstep]

<p><strong>Coyote Leaps</strong></p>

<p><a title="Another Coyote Leaps Shot" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/715/22796329967_15c37a7630_c.jpg" alt="Another Coyote Leaps Shot" width="800" height="534" /></a></p>

[stemked]

<p>Hi All.</p>

<p>Something here I could use a little help on. I was in a cave in Central Indiana and I came across the critter below. I assume it might be an 'Aquatic Sowbug' but even that I'm not sure of as it looks quite different morphologically from other Aquatic Sowbugs I could locate in addition to be albanistic. If anyone has any insights, I'd appreciate their input.<br /> Doug<br /> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18124487-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="491" /><br /> Aquatic Sowbug? Central Indiana. K3, 100mm f2.8 DAW macro, on camera flash.</p>

 

[fgorga]

<p>Some critters think that Thanksgiving dinner is NOT a good thing! ;-)</p>

<p><img src="http://gorga.org/blog/wp-content/gallery/18-may-2015/dsc5915.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="480" /> </p>

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[colin carron]

<p>Here in the UK the grey seals are coming ashore to have their pups. Here is a pup sheltering in the dunes and sleeping off its feed from mum.</p><div></div>

[User_2019667]

<p>This little button buck is sticking his tongue out at me. </p><div></div>

[Mary Doo]

<p>David, your coyote image is really something. Love it! :)</p>

<p>Here are some birch trees.</p>

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[Jon Eckman]

<p>Thankful for, and grateful to be able to experience, what Nature can provide</p>

[DawsonPointers]

<p>Mary, they look like they are from the genus <em>Populus</em> to me (poplars) rather than birches <em>Betulaceae. </em></p>

[Jon Eckman]

<p>Here's what goes along with the above -</p><div></div>

[endof_days]

<p>From a few months back when the ground was dry and warm and I still felt inclined to lay on it to get this shot.</p><div></div>

[biomed]

<p>One from last week.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18128499-md.jpg" alt="_E6A7589" width="680" height="453" border="0" /></center>

[Edwin Barkdoll]

<p>Very evocative shots today, everyone.</p>

<p>Douglas, very cool isopod. Perhaps Caecidotea sp?</p>

<p>http://anotheca.com/wordpress/2014/12/20/end-of-the-year-caving-in-the-ozarks-2014/</p>

<p>David, excellent coyote capture. Love it!</p>

<p>Endofdays - Wonderful snake portrait and perfect use of depth of field</p>

<p>Bill great shot of a humorous interaction between pelicans.</p>

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[stemked]

<p>Thank you Edwin! Looks like you nailed the genus.</p>

<p>Doug</p>

[paul_de_ley]

<p>Edwin that ID looks spot on!</p>

<p>I'm visiting Argentina for two months, here's one of the more quirky local bird species:</p>

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[Mary Doo]

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<p>Mary, they look like they are from the genus <em>Populus</em> to me (poplars) rather than birches <em>Betulaceae.</em></p>

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<p>Jon, you can be right. Now I am confused. ;-) The notches here do seem to look smaller than that of the birch's.</p>

[User_6502147]

<p>Bamboo forest in So. China.</p><div></div>

[dcstep]

<p>Thank you Mary.</p>

<p>Love your birch tree stand.</p>

[Edwin Barkdoll]

<p>I wish I took this the past week. That would mean I had been in the Galapagos again.</p><div></div>