Pretty but poisonous
Would someone get this cricket off my head?
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Happy Easter weekend, everyone
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Is this my best side?
Triple white
Tail and all
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End of the season
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In swirls of blue
Yep, it's that time of the year again
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Gull
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Nectria cinnabarina, 'Coral Spot'
Mountain Sheep
Surprise, surprise ... a shroom
I'm on a roll
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Winter memories
Not quite sure
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A different season
Alberta
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Crested wheatgrass
He made our day!
Knitting pattern: knit 2, purl 1
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Rustaq fort, Oman
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Happy Christmas, everyone!
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Happy Thanksgiving
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Get well, Jim!
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Sea Holly
One of many
A handsome baby boy
Tiny perfection - Lichenomphalia
Peony perfection
: )
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Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Julia / Dryas julia
Two of the same
Aged beauty
Long-eared Owl
Fall colours near the Bow River
The power of bokeh
Reaching out to the sun
: )
The Sickener / Russula emetica
Puffball
Zebra Longwing / Heliconius charithonius
Bleeding Heart
Popp(y)ing off the page
Perfection in small size
Sticky fingers
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Dew on Sundew
Leopard Lacewing
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Red Eyed Tree Frog
I was thrilled to bits to be told where to find these little guys at the Calgary Zoo. For so many years, I had seen photos of them, and always wished that I could see and photograph them. Had to aim at where I thought the frog was, as it was almost pitch black, and thankfully using flash worked out well.
"Many scientists believe the red-eyed tree frog developed its vivid scarlet peepers to shock predators into at least briefly questioning their meal choice.
These iconic rain-forest amphibians sleep by day stuck to leaf-bottoms with their eyes closed and body markings covered. When disturbed, they flash their bulging red eyes and reveal their huge, webbed orange feet and bright blue-and-yellow flanks. This technique, called startle coloration, may give a bird or snake pause, offering a precious instant for the frog to spring to safety.
Red-eyed tree frogs, despite their conspicuous coloration, are not venomous. They are found in tropical lowlands from southern Mexico, throughout Central America, and in northern South America. Nocturnal carnivores, they hide in the rain forest canopy and ambush crickets, flies, and moths with their long, sticky tongues.
Red-eyed tree frogs are not endangered. But their habitat is shrinking at an alarming rate, and their highly recognizable image is often used to promote the cause of saving the world's rain forests." From
animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/red-eye...
"Many scientists believe the red-eyed tree frog developed its vivid scarlet peepers to shock predators into at least briefly questioning their meal choice.
These iconic rain-forest amphibians sleep by day stuck to leaf-bottoms with their eyes closed and body markings covered. When disturbed, they flash their bulging red eyes and reveal their huge, webbed orange feet and bright blue-and-yellow flanks. This technique, called startle coloration, may give a bird or snake pause, offering a precious instant for the frog to spring to safety.
Red-eyed tree frogs, despite their conspicuous coloration, are not venomous. They are found in tropical lowlands from southern Mexico, throughout Central America, and in northern South America. Nocturnal carnivores, they hide in the rain forest canopy and ambush crickets, flies, and moths with their long, sticky tongues.
Red-eyed tree frogs are not endangered. But their habitat is shrinking at an alarming rate, and their highly recognizable image is often used to promote the cause of saving the world's rain forests." From
animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/red-eye...
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