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#NaturePhotography #nature #bird

Trumpeter (front) and Mute Swan. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

These two met one winter, several years ago, and have been BFFs ever since. The trumpeter gave up migrating for the friendship and they’re inseparable.

#birds #birding #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #birdphotography

CBTH on a cholla looking slightly annoyed

Curve-billed Thrasher has some questions 🪶☀️🌵

A pair of Little Grebes. Their plumage is mainly of various shades of brown, darker on the body and the top of the head, and paler on the neck and the lower half of the face, but the chin, and the rump, are white. They have short, pointed, yellow bills, short necks, and small, rounded bodies.

"Was that a case of grebe-ous bodily harm?" I asked a couple of fellow birders in a hide at Brandon Marsh back in February, after we saw a Coot attack one of these adorable Little Grebes. Also known as Dabchicks or (by me) as Little Floofs. 😀 #PlumeScrolling #Birds #NaturePhotography #UKWildlife 🌿

Willets and a Marbled Godwit in silhouette at sunset

Silhouette Sunday. Willets and a Marbled Godwit at sunset. 🌿🪶

White-tailed Hawk on top of wooden power pole

White-tailed Hawk, Mustang Island, Texas, Sept 28, 2024
#birds #raptors

Red Fungus Clathrus crispus

Not a lost dog toy afterall #fungifriends Sept 4, 2022

Stinkhorn at 7:11 am the next morning.

Next day looks kind of similar at 7:11 am. I wish I another view at the end of day or the morning to see it degrading further. Stinkhorn #fungifriends

Stinkhorn mushroom longer in only 6 hours, cap is getting slimy

Now it’s even longer and the cap is getting slimy. Nov 6, 2023, 2:15 pm. Stinkhorn. Stinky at this point. #fungifriends

Stinkorn mushroom is visibly longer after less than 2 hours

Nov 6 2023 at 9:53 am:

Stinkhorn Mushroom

Is this a Phallus hadriani (Dune Stinkhorn)? This one is from Nov 6 2023 at 8 am. #fungifriends

The extraordinary devil's fingers, Clathrus archeri. An annual favorite #fungifriends

Shlimey & Matte

#moss #lichen #ferns

Water penny on underside of rock from stream

Water Penny #invertebrates

Mass of frog eggs in pond water

Globe of frog eggs
#addherper #frogfriday #frogs

Kersplat or maybe wahurl #fungifriends #fungi

#dogs

It’s always a good day when you catch your dog carrying around a dead rat in the yard and you are able to get him to _Leave It_ relatively quickly and then you go collect it in a shopping bag and find it is relatively still fresh and doesn’t really stink and anyways trash pickup’s tomorrow

Screech owl poking out of box

Just waking up #birds #owls

Prickle Pig! Erethizon dorsatum in Central Texas #mammals

Nest cam photo of Eastern Screech owl in nest box

Here it is

How you know the Eastern Screech Owl is back in his box for the winter (sound on) 🪶 #birds #owls

#addbirder