Beautiful Animals

I could stand to know more about the fennec fox, seen by me as Mr. Big Ears, unless it's Ms. Big Ears.

I finally was allowed to borrow my niece's horse breed book. The photos are stunning. I'll try to scan some this weekend.

This is the fourth time I'm trying to post this response. Trying to remain calm. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

C.I., The bird looks like it might be in the kingfisher family. The bat looks like a fruit bat, also known as a flying fox. And your roommate looks exactly like a tourist.

osso, I'll tell you what I know about fennec foxes. They are the smallest of the fox, wolf, wild doggish kinds of animals. They get to maybe three and a half pounds. They live in the Sahara Desert. The big ears serve two purposes. They act as a means of keeping the animal cool. And the acute hearing they provide helps the animal to hunt. It's a nocturnal predator, so it needs acute senses to find its prey. C'est tout from moi.

littlek, I remember your mentioning your niece's horse book earlier in this thread. Glad she finally decided to lend it to you. I look forward to seeing the pix. Guard that book with your life.

Muskoxen. I love this photo. These animals are magnificent.





Here's a spider:

Ready for this.........?

Highly trained horse in Spain doing a sequence of very specific movements


Haflingers and icelandic pony


Fresian pictures



And a Gypsy Vanner (top), much like the Irish Tinkers (bottom)

littlek, THANK YOU. I'm bedazzled. These guys are truly gorgeous.

The Spanish horses (they're Lippanazer, not sure of spelling) I've seen.

The haflnger and Icelandic ponies are new to me. Beautiful.

The fresian you introduced me to earlier in the thread. They take my breath away.

The gypsy vanner and Irish tinker are also new to me. I'm running out of adjectives.

Thanks again, and please thank your niece for me--and for the others who may be looking and enjoying.

Truly spectacular.

Puma pouncing:





Bat:





Great prairie chicken:

ruffled grouse

white breasted nuthatch

yellow warbler

the birds above all came from this site

some truly spectacular photography

monk parakeets

guira cuckoo

We have a place we go to to feed the birds. Here a nuthatch has landed on my hand for some seed. Not as nice as those photos DJ posted from canada, but kinda cool anyway.

that's cool littlek, the two birds above yours are from uraguay

the horse pics are great, especially the icelandic ones

djj, I'll be in Uruguay next month, but just in Montevideo. Any chance of seeing those birds?

not my pics, so i couldn't tell you

there's a link to the site they come from in the post on the top of this page

saffron finch

Those horse photos are terrific - littlek, what is that book, anyway? The photographer really nabbed some beauties. The Friesians look like King Louis XIV with those curls.

Osso, the book info: AMAZON