Thematic Wildlife

**WPRESTO** · 03-20-2016, 06:14 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Scorpio71GR

I can not believe this thread went so long without WPRESTO posting.

Hope that means you're disappointed. Been out of the house a bit and had company, but mostly I've run through my best wildlife images. In fact, the ready-to-post folder is down to the dregs. Jeepers! That means I may have to go out and actually take some pictures. What's this world coming to?
Matamata. Look closely for the nostrils - turtle equivalent of breathing through a reed to remain hidden below the surface.

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Last edited by WPRESTO; 03-20-2016 at 10:19 AM.

**Scorpio71GR** · 03-20-2016, 06:24 AM

I exhausted my wildlife images awhile ago. You and Noel just seem to have an endless supply. I finally got out again to take some new ones.

---------- Post added 03-20-16 at 09:28 AM ----------

A Cedar Waxwing getting his lunch. Bigma @ 500mm on the K3.

**WPRESTO** · 03-20-2016, 07:14 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Scorpio71GR

I exhausted my wildlife images awhile ago. You and Noel just seem to have an endless supply. I finally got out again to take some new ones.

---------- Post added 03-20-16 at 09:28 AM ----------

A Cedar Waxwing getting his lunch. Bigma @ 500mm on the K3.

Noel is the one who has deep reserves of images. But if he can get out to one of the SA parks on weekend, he can bring back 1,000 images of 100 or more different species. If I go out to a park on a weekend. maybe I'll come back with some images of a grey squirrel, - - or I can take a plane to Texas and photograph Otis!
And cedar waxwings are one of my favorite birds. No flashy coloring like a Western Tanager, but somehow very sleek and handsome

Oh yes, I need to post an image, so here's another shot of that golden-collared manakin, not taken at the local park.

**Scorpio71GR** · 03-20-2016, 07:53 AM

Quote:

If I go out to a park on a weekend. maybe I'll come back with some images of a grey squirrel,

I hear you there. We do not exactly have exotic wildlife here in Michigan. I get excited when I get a shot of a whitetail deer.

A cardinal taken along a local lake. %100 crop on the Tamron 70-200 2.8.

**noelcmn** · 03-20-2016, 08:12 AM

Such gossip going on around here about .... Africa

Makes me sleepy.

**ramseybuckeye** · 03-20-2016, 03:56 PM - **1 Like**

This is one of our species that is not seen often (except dead ones on the road). I was fortunate enough yesterday to catch this guy feeding in the grass. along a road in a park, most of the day had been rainy and gloomy so the place was deserted. This skunk was so interested in "grazing" that I think I could have walked up to just s few feet away, but I was not willing to test that theory.

**WPRESTO** · 03-20-2016, 04:22 PM - **1 Like**

Did someone mention whitetail deer?

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**tmlawes** · 03-20-2016, 08:57 PM - **2 Likes**

Anna's hummingbird - I recently bought the Pentax 150-450mm lens. It blows my old Sigma 150-500mm out of the water.

**WPRESTO** · 03-21-2016, 05:10 AM - **2 Likes**

Went back and found some shots of of bluebirds in flight that are pretty good, maybe worth posting (already culled out and posted the best images from the set taken this day).

**noelcmn** · 03-21-2016, 06:35 AM

Just posted this to the Alphabet Thread

**WPRESTO** · 03-21-2016, 07:34 AM

Common mergansers. For those outside NA, the male (background) is in breeding plumage, It later molts and looks pretty much identical to the female.

pete-tarmigan · 03-21-2016, 07:49 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Common mergansers. For those outside NA, the male (background) is in breeding plumage, It later molts and looks pretty much identical to the female.

It's also familiar to residents of Asia and Europe (in the UK it's also known as Goosander).

**noelcmn** · 03-21-2016, 08:26 AM

Red faced Mousebitd, so called because of its habit of scampering around bushes and shrubs. And probably also because of its long tail

**WPRESTO** · 03-21-2016, 10:07 AM

A very familiar animal in this area.

**tmlawes** · 03-21-2016, 05:03 PM

Western pond turtle

03-20-2016, 06:24 AM	#3872
Scorpio71GR Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,003	I exhausted my wildlife images awhile ago. You and Noel just seem to have an endless supply. I finally got out again to take some new ones. ---------- Post added 03-20-16 at 09:28 AM ---------- A Cedar Waxwing getting his lunch. Bigma @ 500mm on the K3. Last edited by Scorpio71GR; 03-20-2016 at 06:30 AM. Reason: Changed photo

03-20-2016, 07:14 AM - 1 Like	#3873
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Originally posted by Scorpio71GR I exhausted my wildlife images awhile ago. You and Noel just seem to have an endless supply. I finally got out again to take some new ones. ---------- Post added 03-20-16 at 09:28 AM ---------- A Cedar Waxwing getting his lunch. Bigma @ 500mm on the K3. Noel is the one who has deep reserves of images. But if he can get out to one of the SA parks on weekend, he can bring back 1,000 images of 100 or more different species. If I go out to a park on a weekend. maybe I'll come back with some images of a grey squirrel, - - or I can take a plane to Texas and photograph Otis! And cedar waxwings are one of my favorite birds. No flashy coloring like a Western Tanager, but somehow very sleek and handsome Oh yes, I need to post an image, so here's another shot of that golden-collared manakin, not taken at the local park. Attached Images Last edited by WPRESTO; 03-20-2016 at 10:18 AM.

03-20-2016, 08:57 PM - 2 Likes	#3878
tmlawes Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 770	Anna's hummingbird - I recently bought the Pentax 150-450mm lens. It blows my old Sigma 150-500mm out of the water. Last edited by tmlawes; 02-09-2017 at 05:24 PM.

03-21-2016, 05:10 AM - 2 Likes	#3879
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Went back and found some shots of of bluebirds in flight that are pretty good, maybe worth posting (already culled out and posted the best images from the set taken this day). Attached Images

03-21-2016, 07:34 AM	#3881
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Common mergansers. For those outside NA, the male (background) is in breeding plumage, It later molts and looks pretty much identical to the female. Attached Images

03-20-2016, 06:14 AM - 1 Like	#3871
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Originally posted by Scorpio71GR I can not believe this thread went so long without WPRESTO posting. Hope that means you're disappointed. Been out of the house a bit and had company, but mostly I've run through my best wildlife images. In fact, the ready-to-post folder is down to the dregs. Jeepers! That means I may have to go out and actually take some pictures. What's this world coming to? Matamata. Look closely for the nostrils - turtle equivalent of breathing through a reed to remain hidden below the surface. Attached Images Last edited by WPRESTO; 03-20-2016 at 10:19 AM.

03-20-2016, 07:53 AM	#3874
Scorpio71GR Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,003	Quote: If I go out to a park on a weekend. maybe I'll come back with some images of a grey squirrel, I hear you there. We do not exactly have exotic wildlife here in Michigan. I get excited when I get a shot of a whitetail deer. A cardinal taken along a local lake. %100 crop on the Tamron 70-200 2.8.

03-20-2016, 08:12 AM	#3875
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,175	Such gossip going on around here about .... Africa Makes me sleepy.

03-20-2016, 03:56 PM - 1 Like	#3876
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,291	This is one of our species that is not seen often (except dead ones on the road). I was fortunate enough yesterday to catch this guy feeding in the grass. along a road in a park, most of the day had been rainy and gloomy so the place was deserted. This skunk was so interested in "grazing" that I think I could have walked up to just s few feet away, but I was not willing to test that theory.

03-20-2016, 04:22 PM - 1 Like	#3877
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Did someone mention whitetail deer? Attached Images

03-21-2016, 06:35 AM	#3880
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,175	Just posted this to the Alphabet Thread

03-21-2016, 07:49 AM	#3882
pete-tarmigan Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Conception Bay South, New-fun-land Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,272	Originally posted by WPRESTO Common mergansers. For those outside NA, the male (background) is in breeding plumage, It later molts and looks pretty much identical to the female. It's also familiar to residents of Asia and Europe (in the UK it's also known as Goosander).

03-21-2016, 08:26 AM	#3883
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,175	Red faced Mousebitd, so called because of its habit of scampering around bushes and shrubs. And probably also because of its long tail

03-21-2016, 10:07 AM	#3884
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	A very familiar animal in this area. Attached Images

03-21-2016, 05:03 PM	#3885
tmlawes Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 770	Western pond turtle Last edited by tmlawes; 02-09-2017 at 05:24 PM.

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