Anne Elliott's photos

Created with fd's Flickr Toys . By the time I discovered that one could create these attractive Explore posters, 25 of my "chosen" images had disappeared. So, I am at last happy that I can now make one of these designs! It does look a little bare (LOL) but I thought I'd better create and upload it just in case I never get another chance!

Came across this little guy/gal on one of my cold winter walks in a local park. The background at the top of the photo looks a little like clouds but is, in fact, snow.

Even though this is a rather distant photo and somewhat blurry, it is one of my favourites. I was just driving down the small road that leads into my local park when I spotted this gorgeous creature near the edge of the road. I slowed down and stopped and watched as it searched, stalked and POUNCED! It caught a little meadow vole or similar and I watched as it ate it. This is the expression (almost sly) on the Coyote's face immediately after it had eaten - there is still a piece of dead grass hanging from its mouth. I always enjoy seeing Coyotes but some people are quite afraid of them. Usually when they see a human being, they will turn and quietly slip away in the opposite direction.

These two deer were part of a group of maybe half a dozen White-tailed Deer that I came across on one of my local park walks. I stood still and watched them cross the path in front of me - all but one! These two turned their heads, waiting patienlty for the remaining young one to pluck up enough courage to cross. In the end, I turned around and walked back a little way, otherwise we could all have been waiting for ever! We have two kinds of deer in our parks - White-tailed and Mule Deer.

Another shell from my small collection, again whilst waiting for spring to arrive so that I could go out and learn how to use my first digital camera.

This was one of the first photos I took with my first digital camera. I bought the camera in December, during our long, cold winter, so was desperately looking for things around the house on which to try out my new "toy". I love anything that has a spiral shape to it.

This is a male because it has a red chin and throat. These woodpeckers drill a series of small, square wells in a tree trunk, making quite a perfect pattern of lined-up "holes". Then they lap up the sap (and insects) from these square wells with their fringed tongue.