10 of the best: nature photographs.

That's an amazing photo. The woodpecker looks totally freaked, just wish I could see the weasel's face

Late winter snow cascades down the rocky slopes of Valsavarenche valley in Italy’s Gran Paradiso National Park.

Is spring on its way??

Why do you think it's not PS? Because it has a BBC byline?

Well, I've listened to the photog..and it's possible...highly improbably but it will never happen again.

No, it's because there was a big section with him on our BBC News last night. He is an ordinary amateur wildlife photographer, and was out doing his thing when the frantic noise of the woodpecker caught his attention.

The weasel jumped woody on the ground, which was unusual only because they normally go for rabbits. The whole thing only lasted a few seconds before it dropped off, but he just happened to click his camera at the precise moment.
He seemed an ordinary, boring guy who spends hours each day taking photos of birds and animals in the wild. I am the biggest cynic going, but I have no real reason to disbelieve him.

Anyway, there is now video footage of the whole thing.

Predawn sunlight strikes the South Rim of Arizona’s Grand Canyon.

Racehorses train on the Lambourn gallops as the sun begins to rise.

Kingfisher

Photo Credit to Johnson Chua,

lovely, panz


Here's a photo show after my own heart -

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2015/feb/02/european-tree-of-the-year-competition-in-pictures

Hard to pick a favorite - I have at least a few. For a sample photo, I'll add the Nottinghamshire Major Oak:

Major Oak, Nottinghamshire, England, UK:
The Major Oak is a pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) found in Sherwood forest, Nottinghamshire. About 800 years old, according to folklore its hollow trunk was used as a hideout by Robin Hood and his merry men. The tree weighs 23 tonnes, its trunk circumference is 33 feet (10m) and its branches spread to over 92 feet (28m). Conservation measures have been carried out continually since 1908. Today, slender steel poles prop the sprawling limbs of this forest giant, which is visited annually by thousands of people. Age: 800 - 1000 years
Photograph: Nottinghamshire County Council



There are fourteen trees shown, if I counted right.

Again lovely pictures.
I copy the ones I like the best and add them to e-mails. Not only does the e-mail look nicer but the wonderful pictures are used again.

A huge flock of starlings congregate in front of the West Pier during sunset in Brighton on Saturday evening.

Portland, Maine sunrise

Sunrise in southern Sweden

Beautiful - breathtakingly so!

Did you know a flock of starlings is called a murmurance? Sort of like a flock of crows is called a murder of crows. I'm not trying to be picky; it was just interesting to me when I learned the word. I kind of think it came from Merry Andrew, or someone like him on a2k.

These are blackbirds at the Danish-German border. Fall and spring hundreds of people come to watch.
A blackbird in Danish is solsort and when they fly like on the picture it is call sort sol = black sun. Solsort - sort sol.

I did know - but I lifted the description of the photo straight from the newspaper it appeared in ( ) Perhaps I ought to edit text in future!

Nah! I was just passing that along as one of those little tidbits we try to work into conversations years latter. Thanks for giving me the opportunity.

Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park