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  1. Omegafanman Oct 14, 2021

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    Mining back I found these from Goa... I knocked a focus setting so a lot of bad pictures... but I think my real focus was on not getting mugged by a big crafty Mugger....
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  2. Dan S Oct 16, 2021

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    Little mule deer on our walk.

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  3. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Oct 16, 2021

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    In the back yard again...

    Rose Breasted Grossbeak:

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    Male Scarlet Tanager earlier in the season, before they turn colours:

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    Had some Monarchs come in to roost in our trees overnight a few years back, on their way to Mexico:

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    Front yard now, at the woodpile...Young Cooper's Hawk...

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    Looking to make a meal of a squirrel who was doing his best not to get eaten...

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  4. MRC Oct 16, 2021

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    Saw one this afternoon -- a once every two or three years sight on the Suffolk - Cambridgeshire border. I was on the bus with no camera in hand :(
     
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  5. Charlemagne1333 Oct 16, 2021

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    Out on a stroll, this evening, and noticed a birch polypore growing on the trunk of a decaying silver birch.

    Among other things, it’s been used as an anaesthetic, a treatment for parasites, and as a poultice for open wounds.

    Always handy to know :thumbsup:

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  6. MRC Oct 18, 2021

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    Dragonfly lava.
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    From the size and proportions I think it likely that it is a Broad-Bodied Chaser Libellula depressa like this one taken at the same little pond.
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  7. Omegafanman Oct 21, 2021

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    Stepped outside first thing today and these guys were just heading over. Only had the phone on me - Navigation / coordination - wondrous stuff.... a moment to pause on the majesty of nature...then I carried on putting the bin out :0).
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  8. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Oct 21, 2021

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    Some pics from Point Pelee National Park...one of my favourite places.

    Hagen's Blue Damselfly:

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    Blue Herron:

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    Male Eastern Pondhawk:

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    Female Eastern Pondhawk:

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    Green frog:

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    Monarch - this park is a major stop on the migration route of the Monarch:

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    Another Monarch? Not, this is a Viceroy, which are often confused for Monarchs:

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    Cabbage White:

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    Orange Sulphur:

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    Giant Swallowtail:

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  9. flw history nerd Oct 22, 2021

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    From this past April: We noticed a couple of wild turkeys wandering across our front yard ... 20210325_091706.jpg

    A few days later, a solitary wild turkey began showing up at our bird feeder ...
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    It got more comfortable with our yard with each passing day ...
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    And finally tried to knock on the front door ...
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    At which point we had to chase it off.

    We have a lot of deer wander through the yard as well, but they generally have enough sense to stay at arm's length away from the house. My wife and I have wondered what induced this bird to become so unafraid of people. Not a good indicator of health approaching Thanksgiving.
     
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  10. Walrus Oct 23, 2021

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    Had to rescue this little guy. He was moving to slow I figured he’d get stepped on. Moved him to the tall grass I think that rolling up is playing dead can’t be sure of course.
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  11. allwoundup Oct 25, 2021

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    Orphan from the storm….we had a thunderstorm roll through this evening….noticed this little guy clinging to the kitchen door while I went to fill the dogs water bowl.
     
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  12. MRC Oct 31, 2021

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    Urban hedgehog, bit unusual to see one in daylight perhaps the clocks changing confused it.
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    Sorry about the quality -- cheap phone.
     
  13. MRC Oct 31, 2021

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    A hedgehog story....

    I was in New Zealand in a reserve on North Island when I found typical hedgehog droppings. So I went to the Ranger Station and reported what I'd seen, why I recognised them (live in England, hedgehogs in the garden), and their grid location. The Rangers were very pleased to get the report, for hedgehogs are a pest in NZ because they eat the eggs of NZ's many ground-nesting birds.

    Shame for the antipodean 'hogs but I think the birds deserve not to have predators introduced by humans from the other side of the world.
     
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  14. Bruffell06 Nov 1, 2021

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    A few years back on holiday in Hawaii 12080131_10156084663100316_1254467793346095743_o.jpg
     
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  15. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Nov 7, 2021

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    Hike with the pups of Friday afternoon through a local provincial park...

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    Nothing like sunshine streaming through the trees on a nice fall day.

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    Remi was tired by the end of the approx. 75 minute walk, but he was a trooper:

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    Maeve could have gone on for a lot longer of course...

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    Snack after...

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  16. Omegafanman Nov 12, 2021

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    Had the wrong camera but managed to snap these two Warbirds together in the wild :0)
    The Kestrel did not hold on station very long.
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  17. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Nov 14, 2021

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    Leaf season in full swing on Friday...mowing the leaves more than the lawn (which you can't really see)...

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  18. Vercingetorix Spam Risk Nov 14, 2021

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    Zorak is dead. 44078AA2-7C8C-474C-8E11-F0CFFDEB1915.jpeg F65C72FA-115F-4C8C-BE1F-594CA4D3F191.jpeg
     
  19. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Nov 17, 2021

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    This little guy comes to sit on the window sill of my shop lately...quite tame as I could tap on the window right at his head and he would just sit there...

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    Took this photo through the skylight, as this hawk was perched in one of our taller trees...

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  20. wsfarrell Nov 17, 2021

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    Peruvian lily, camellia, and tree mallow:

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