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Sorry I had a nice after storm rainbow I meant to put with this picture. We had some lightning strikes causing the tree to hit my wifes car, this is the second time Mother Nature put a tree on my wife’s car. I have since lost the nice rainbow pic.



Spooky........may ask her to just park down the street😁👍 but, the odds MUST be astronomical that this would happen a 3rd time!!!😵‍💫
 
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Amazing
Thank you. The leopard cub is looking up because its mother was in the tree with an rooibok. The leopardess finally came down from the tree to feed her cub. Photo of leopardess.
 
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Our State bird is the Mockingbird

They like the occasional water spray, too

and the coconut twine👍 I must change these matts about every few years between the squirrels and birds
 
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Out on my evening walk took several shots of these British wildflowers the pink flowering plants are that of pyramidal orchids small dainty several different colourations stunning en masses the blue flowering plant is small scabious these plants are typical of limestone outcrops that are in areas around county Durham and Sunderland.
 
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Thank you. The leopard cub is looking up because its mother was in the tree with an rooibok. The leopardess finally came down from the tree to feed her cub. Photo of leopardess.
Holy cow are you taking these? From what distance. Those wild cats are so majestic. I’ve only seen them in zoos but I can watch them for hours.
 
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Newport and Depoe Bay, Oregon. Herons, commorants, bald eagle, turkey vultures, pelicans, seagulls. Even whales, but we just saw the sightseeing boats circling. About 25 degrees F cooler on the coast than in Portland so got out of town for an overnight escape.

 
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Holy cow are you taking these? From what distance. Those wild cats are so majestic. I’ve only seen them in zoos but I can watch them for hours.
Thank you the photo credit goes to my wife. Whenever we travel to Africa she has to be ready for any situation so she typical has at least two Canon cameras with different lenses already mounted. When we come upon any game large or small we sometimes will wait for up to two hours to get the perfect shot. The photo of those leopards was taken 10 to 20 feet from our car. I urge everyone to travel to Africa. You can visit the great cities of the world, Paris, London, Rome, etc. but theres nothing like Africa. Simply put it is a magical place. The photo below is a mama Cheetah and her youngsters right outside our camp at Crocodile Bridge, Kruger.
 
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Off the coast of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska