Nature Watch, Your Flora and Fauna Photos and Stories

Omegafanman · Jun 9, 2023

I think the odd stock photo is ok to show examples of behaviour or features that us amateur photographers struggle to capture or are not picked out in our basic photos - having said that there are some serious camera people lurking here / professional Callander level… I get lens envy. Of course passing off a photo as your own would not be the done thing and they should have a credit, but I don’t see that often (occasionally inadvertently) Someone did claim to have a trained miniature pet turtle and got busted via image search.

SpeedyPhill · Jun 9, 2023

Not afraid of the mighty Dragon (Caernarfon - Gwynedd Wales).
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Barking mad · Jun 9, 2023

Omegafanman
I think the odd stock photo is ok to show examples of behaviour or features that us amateur photographers struggle to capture or are not picked out in our basic photos - having said that there are some serious camera people lurking here / professional Callander level… I get lens envy. Of course passing off a photo as your own would not be the done thing and they should have a credit, but I don’t see that often (occasionally inadvertently) Someone did claim to have a trained miniature pet turtle and got busted via image search.

Wasn’t it a faeces flinging hamster?

Omegafanman · Jun 9, 2023

Barking mad
Wasn’t it a faeces flinging hamster?

I can say Donkey Football is all my own work. They were not there yesterday / I think they have a try out for Liverpool defence.
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Fallout Boy · Jun 9, 2023

Omegafanman
I think the odd stock photo is ok to show examples of behaviour or features that us amateur photographers struggle to capture or are not picked out in our basic photos - having said that there are some serious camera people lurking here / professional Callander level… I get lens envy. Of course passing off a photo as your own would not be the done thing and they should have a credit, but I don’t see that often (occasionally inadvertently) Someone did claim to have a trained miniature pet turtle and got busted via image search.

The post is named: YOUR ......picture. If not: it smells as "likes collecting "
If the picture is not your own : you should mention this: my2cents

Fallout Boy · Jun 9, 2023

hen
Are you really checking this for all the pictures?

No, this is from a person I know.. I knew this photo..

Omegafanman · Jun 9, 2023

A UK Fenland wander today…
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Dan S · Jun 9, 2023

Early wildflower super-bloom in the south-central Colorado mountains.

TexOmega · Jun 9, 2023

Love my maturing day-lillies and coneflowers. The honey bees and butterflies have found them, too.

Walrus · Jun 9, 2023

I am trying to tame nature. Rebuilding an old rock garden that became overrun with everything. I’m not sure where I am heading but the progress, while a major bitch, is coming along. I’ll let you now as I figure it out. I think fabric, mulch and flowers. It was pretty much inaccessible I scoped it out made sure the bunny dens were not in there before going ape on the overgrowth at worst I displaced some chip munks but they got acres to the north to do as they wish

Waltesefalcon · Jun 9, 2023

I have bought myself a camera as a gift for this latest master's I'm finishing up. It's a Nikon D7500, and I have been out playing with it.

Walrus · Jun 10, 2023

I think I finished one area. It’s kinda hard to take pictures of. My area was a quarry in the 1700’s so we need to get creative with rocks. I put my keys on one boulder for scale. Just going to fill more flower boxes

Walrus · Jun 10, 2023

Waltesefalcon
I have bought myself a camera as a gift for this latest master's I'm finishing up. It's a Nikon D7500, and I have been out playing with it.

Your pictures are quite lovely. Nice camera work. All I have is my cell and this year I am missing a lot of nice shots as when we go hiking we have a no tech rule.
Anyway do you see a lot of buffalo? They are so picturesque and make me think of earlier times. I have only seen them at zoos and some farms.

I saw a moose in my area, I’ve seen plenty but they aren’t common in my area. He was pretty close to the road I honked my horn hoping it would scare him off but he was unphased. He could have definitely taken out a car. These beasts of the field are very majestic.

Waltesefalcon · Jun 10, 2023

Walrus
Your pictures are quite lovely. Nice camera work. All I have is my cell and this year I am missing a lot of nice shots as when we go hiking we have a no tech rule.
Anyway do you see a lot of buffalo? They are so picturesque and make me think of earlier times. I have only seen them at zoos and some farms.

I saw a moose in my area, I’ve seen plenty but they aren’t common in my area. He was pretty close to the road I honked my horn hoping it would scare him off but he was unphased. He could have definitely taken out a car. These beasts of the field are very majestic.

Thank you. I've been using my Galaxy S20FE for the past couple of years, and feel that I have gone as far as with it as I could. It's a great cellphone camera, but the zoom is lacking since it has a tiny little lenses that are smaller than the nail on my little finger. So I felt it was time to move onward. It's been a learning experience so far.

I believe at last count there were around 700 buffalo in our herd at the wildlife refuge. We also have long horn, elk, and deer, but the buffalo are special to me.

Living near moose would be something else, their size always astounds me. They are quite majestic.

While not technically as good of photos, especially with the ugly fence in the middle, I did enjoy this sequence. I pulled up to look at this herd and heard two bulls bellowing. I got my camera and quickly tried to get the action.

Hetcins1 · Jun 12, 2023

Bavarian Gentian, high in alpine region of kitzbuhel in Austria,taken this afternoon.

DrmexicoII · Jun 12, 2023

Was on holiday recently and there was a blue tit nest in the eaves and it was lovely to see the parents make their busy trips delivering caterpillars every minute or so. Reminded me of the time a few years back when we had blue tits nesting in the bird box. Managed to get lucky with this shot which I labelled "incoming!".

MRC · Jun 12, 2023

DrmexicoII
Was on holiday recently and there was a blue tit nest in the eaves and it was lovely to see the parents make their busy trips delivering caterpillars every minute or so.

Blue Tit chicks can each eat 100 caterpillars a day, so with regularly more than ten chicks in a brood that's well over 1000 caterpillars needed a day! https://www.bto.org/understanding-birds/articles/blue-tit-diary

Their alarm call is very close to the north american Chickadee so that's what I call them now. Same family but I don't think they are closely related.

140dave · Jun 12, 2023

Our beaches are again overrun with jellyfish-like creatures known as Velella velella, or By-the-Wind Sailors.

Walrus · Jun 12, 2023

140dave
Our beaches are again overrun with jellyfish-like creatures known as Velella velella, or By-the-Wind Sailors.

Do they sting? I swam through a flock of jellyfish once, can’t see the bastards, I came out the other side hurting like hell. Not a top ten of most painful things, but up there.

140dave · Jun 12, 2023

Walrus
Do they sting?

Technically yes, but you’d have to try.
No hanging tentacles, they feed on algae and plankton and get blown around by the wind in deep water. If it’s especially windy in the Pacific like this year, they get blown to land.

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