Animals The Animal Kingdom: wild or domestic!

[jbruce]

This large Black Bear was probably just out of hibernation and foraging on green grass shoots to ramp-up his digestive system for the summer.
He was grazing on the road shoulder and basically ignored the car and us as we snapped away from about 30 feet. Not a common sight;
it's been several years since spotting a bear this close-up and personal. Tough shot in the afternoon sun--a black bear in light grey brush confused the system
and I wasn't waiting around to adjust for the special situation.

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He left the scene to just wait us out in the nearby brush.

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[Irene McC]

A Red Hartebeest in the Bontebok Nature Reserve (2014)

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[Irene McC]

He did not much care for being photographed

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[L0n3Gr3yW0lf]

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Who dat?

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Nobody!

 

[L0n3Gr3yW0lf]

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The dragonflies season is in full swing.

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I have never seen one actually eat "something". Took me by surprise to notice it was chewing on another insect.

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I can't decide if it's more vicious then a Lady Bug or a more beautiful killer.

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The brown blob behind was another one just like it, in the same position and same size and same shape.

 

[Charzes44]

One afternoon, several summers ago, the flying ants were swarming from their nests in our lawn. There were dragonflies feasting on them, and, remarkedly, you could hear their jaws snapping shut each time they caught one of the ants, in mid air!

 

[tonyturley]

Fuji X30 does wildlife.

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[WhidbeyLVR]

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The doe parked her new fawn in our yard today while she went foraging.

 

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The doe parked her new fawn in our yard today while she went foraging.

Wow, how lucky are you? I'd give that doe an ear of corn. Very nice!

 

[L0n3Gr3yW0lf]

Wow, how lucky are you? I'd give that doe an ear of corn. Very nice!

I would do anything for Bambi, home made cooking, massage, pay for any subscription service to watch TV (except for Disney, it doesn't need to know what happened to Bambi).

 

[Irene McC]

Inquisitive grey squirrel

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[Harry Cutts]

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[L0n3Gr3yW0lf]

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Not so lucky for the bee but very lucky for the ants. (At 0.3 meters minimum focus distance, 1:2 magnification end of 70mm the edges get quite crazy with flat field distortion, the sharpness fall of a cliff like a Wilhelm Scream)

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There are so many fishes in the Great Western Canal, from tiny to deliciously large enough to fish for a meal. It was interesting that the bright sunlight was making spotlights in the water from gaps in the trees above.

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Cute little black/blue metallic waterbugs running on the water and making blobs of shadows on the bottom.

 

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I stopped by a fox den I've shot in previous years. As it turned out there was plenty going on, three Kits this year, these images are some from yesterday and today.

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This image was a complete fluke. As the kit in the background was into a shake it's ear flopped down and made him look like a puppy!

 

[Apollo T.]

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Nice set!
…especially the extreme close up of the kit.
WELL DONE

 

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Nice set!
…especially the extreme close up of the kit.
WELL DONE

Thank you!

 

[jhawk1000]

I was going to check on some flowers in our garden when this little fur ball ran right next to me, almost over my foot and then he stopped under a shade tree and looked at me for a bit, then he dug down to the cool earth and stretched out in the hole he dug. Never was concerned about me at all.

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[L0n3Gr3yW0lf]

I was going to check on some flowers in our garden when this little fur ball ran right next to me, almost over my foot and then he stopped under a shade tree and looked at me for a bit, then he dug down to the cool earth and stretched out in the hole he dug. Never was concerned about me at all.


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Can you keep him? It's adorable fuzzball.

 

[John King]

Can you keep him? It's adorable fuzzball.

Except in Australia, where they are as bad as Tribbles ...
And prickly pear ...