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The Phoenix. Actually it is a slate coloured junco taking off shot at 1/60th

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Candy striped spider waiting for a 'patient'

Las Grutas de Salamanca near Aigua.

Uruguay. Apparently, these cave are home to vampire bats but we didn't see any.

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Abandoned exoskeleton of a dragon fly nymph.

A veery

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Hurray! Only one more week of winter left here in Uruguay. Lots of plants are flowering, trees appear to be getting their leaves back, and all sorts of creatures are becoming more active, like this one.

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Bumble Bee Coiffure. Looks a little like what the kids do with glue.

Sorry I missed last week.

A rhea at our local wildlife refuge here in Piriápolis Uruguay.

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Sisyphus the ant. There was definitely a hand of man element here because I would pick up the twig with Sisy firmly attached and move it back several centimetres. Sisy would then parade along the same course again until I repeated the re-placement of poor little Sisy. I have no idea what was so important about the twig, but Sisy was determined to take it somewhere.

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This is the twisted grain of red eucalyptus. We use wood heat in most of our houses here in Uruguay so splitting wood has been re-introduced to my life after a 20 year hiatus thanks to natural gas in Canada. The twisted grain makes red eucalyptus difficult to split. It has made me refine the term 'disappointment'. To me now, disappointment is watching the head of my 8lb splitting maul bounce off a piece of red eucalyptus that I'm trying to split.

Slow start this week, but I'll give it a bump with a fuzzy wuzzy cuddly little bear:

 

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Fantastic capture! May I ask where and when to satisfy my curiosity about the melting snow and fractured ice in the background?

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Agave's last stand. After years of vegetative growth, the reproductive phase pushes up a stalk almost 6m into the air. Then, its up to the next generation.

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The whales have returned to the Rio Plata here in Uruguay. I saw a humpback breach near Punta Fria today but it was through my binoculars and very far away.

This is a Minke that we saw in the St. Lawrence river near St. Simeon Quebec a few years ago. It was kind enough to show the seldom seen side.

Have you witnessed the seldom seen side of nature?

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Dieter, I like the effect of shooting through something and you did a great job with this one. Not every image needs to be tack sharp. I can imagine that this is fog or shooting through tall grasses.

A long long time ago

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Purple Finch

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Welcome to winter (here in South America). The tegus are all asleep but we can remember their magnificence until they emerge again. They are likely just waiting for Uruguay to win the World Cup!

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The Uruguay Weather Service (INUMET) issued a weather warning for polar air (Antarctic) covering the country. Temperatures could feel as low as 3˚C. Having moved here from Canada, it made us chuckle a bit; but, if you aren't prepared for it and can't get out of it, it is no laughing matter. This is from Canada before we moved here. Perhaps if you are headed into a heat wave where you live, it will help.

These things are everywhere down here.

Orange flowers on a native succulent (aloe?) here in Uruguay. These things are remind me of a sparkler if you lit the part closest to your hand first. The flowers just keep coming and coming...

Sally, thanks.

Just back from vacation in CA where I was able to meet Sally and another pnetter. Lots of fun was had by all. There might even be a good photo or two.

Yes, MiN is 5 years old. As they say in Lousiana, laissez le bon temps rouler.

Laura, did you hang out with the fun-guys? Couldn't resist.

Kiskadee hanging out here in Punta Colorada Uruguay.

They want the same thing.