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Roberta
 
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Reply Wed 28 Oct, 2009 03:08 am
Another New York City avian, one I hear more than I see. The sparrow:

http://www.mariewinn.com/marieblog/uploaded_images/field-sparrow-1-713194.jpg

I love these little guys.
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djjd62
 
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Reply Wed 28 Oct, 2009 04:26 am
see lot's of these guys every day, getting ready for winter

http://www.destinationwildlifecontrol.com/777px-Eastern_Grey_Squirrel_in_St_James%27s_Park,_London_-_Nov_2006_edit.jpg
(not my pic)
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djjd62
 
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Reply Wed 28 Oct, 2009 04:28 am
hear lot's of these guys everyday

http://www.hse.k12.in.us/staff/cvanalstine/images/blue%20jay.jpg
(again not my pic)
Letty
 
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Reply Thu 29 Oct, 2009 04:51 am
@djjd62,
Florida scrub jay, dj.

http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/ArchOLD-6/1188060137.jpg

and, the sound of the laughing gull

http://www.assateague.com/laugh.html
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shewolfnm
 
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Reply Thu 29 Oct, 2009 05:07 am
@djjd62,
that photo makes me miss Bird. Smile
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shewolfnm
 
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Reply Thu 29 Oct, 2009 05:08 am
One of my favorite birds -

http://www.borgstein-birdstrading.nl/Vogels/Guinea%20Turaco-2.jpg
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shewolfnm
 
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Reply Thu 29 Oct, 2009 05:08 am
http://www.cloudforestvoices.com/CFVimages/Red-crested%20Turaco%20head%20sharpen.jpg
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Thu 29 Oct, 2009 09:16 pm
All those bird pictures tells me it's natures best production.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 29 Oct, 2009 10:16 pm
Thanks, guys, for da beautiful boids. Love dem.
mesquite
 
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Reply Thu 29 Oct, 2009 11:47 pm
@Roberta,
Here are some more boids from the gallery in the online version of our local newspaper.
http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/gallery/tag/wildlife

Vermilion Flycatcher submitted by Susan Beebe
http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/galleries/photos/48465.jpg

Phainopepla female submitted by Lois Manowitz
http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/galleries/photos/48341.jpg

Verdin submitted by David Quanrud
http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/galleries/photos/48482.jpg

Black Phoebe submitted by David Quanrud
http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/galleries/photos/48178.jpg


mesquite
 
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Reply Thu 29 Oct, 2009 11:53 pm
And then there was this interesting critter submitted by Margarethe Brummermann which had the following caption.

Mrs Mesquite Girdler caught in the act. She chewed just through the cambium layer of a branch, so it will die. This keeps the tree from gumming up the eggs that she'll deposit in the branch while the larvae will still have relatively fresh wood to eat. Several other species of insects, who do not girdle themselves, will still make similar use of her branch. And we don't have to prune the tree this year.

http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/galleries/photos/48339.jpg
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mesquite
 
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Reply Fri 30 Oct, 2009 12:01 am
@mesquite,
Where there's boids there's ...

Bobcat submitted by David Quanrud
http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/galleries/photos/48266.jpg
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Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 30 Oct, 2009 02:42 am
@mesquite,
mesquite, Spectacular. Thanks mucho.

Canada lynx:

http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/library/Photos/Wildlife_Photos/Lynx_timothy_catton_USDA.jpg
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Francis
 
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Reply Fri 30 Oct, 2009 04:31 am
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/gismonda/dolphin.jpg
Roberta
 
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Reply Sat 31 Oct, 2009 01:59 am
Francis, Spectacular photo. Wow.

Mouse lemur:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/09/science/23150525.JPG
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Sat 31 Oct, 2009 04:59 pm
@Francis,
I can't believe that thing can leap out of the water that high. Impressive.
Francis wrote:

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/gismonda/dolphin.jpg
djjd62
 
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Reply Sat 31 Oct, 2009 05:07 pm
@rosborne979,
i've been watching a BBC series about the coast of England, it's amazing the diversity of marine wildlife on the English coast, during the salmon spawn in North West Scotland they see spectacular displays of dolphins, the dolphins eat their fill of salmon each day and then spend the rest of the time playing, some jumping at least twice the length of their bodies in the air
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djjd62
 
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Reply Sat 31 Oct, 2009 05:13 pm
Grey Seal

http://www.camerasunderwater.info/articles/general/Lundy_Seals/NH101.jpg

hello

http://www.glaucus.org.uk/GreySeal-DH.jpg
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Francis
 
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Reply Sun 1 Nov, 2009 02:17 am
Ros wrote:
I can't believe that thing can leap out of the water that high. Impressive.


The photographer that writes below took the picture of the dolphin's fall, his friend took the first one:

Quote:
Last saturday, we were sailing back home with a 4-year-old cousin of mine aboard. We asked her "do you want to see some dolphins?", and her answer came out so excitedly we had to tell her we might not be able to find them... they might have gone home to have dinner. We've seen them several times this summer, and the sea was so calm and beautiful we thought they were about to appear by the boat... And they did. Imagine the child's reaction.
The number of dolphins wasn't great (some dozens, though), but their performance was the most spectacular we've ever seen.



http://pagesperso-orange.fr/gismonda/dolphin2.jpg


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Roberta
 
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Reply Sun 1 Nov, 2009 04:21 am
Love the seal, dj. The dolphin is amazing, Francis.

Luna moth:

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/pic/Luna-Moth-LeCroy.jpg
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