by terranovabay
One of two Sandhill Cranes foraging along a fairly busy roadway on a Friday afternoon. One fears for their safety as they move sedately along the beer bottle-strewn verge with the cars speeding by nearby.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Grus canadensis, Sandhill Crane
by terranovabay
An Osprey warms itself in the rising Sun at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. From the OspreyWatch project.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Fish Hawk, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, PINWR
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Clouds of blood-sucking horn flies annoy a herd heading for the cow pens at Treasure Hammock Ranch. Relief comes from a topical pesticide treatment applied to the cows as they travel through the cow pen chute. From the Florida Cattle Ranch project.
Categories: Nature • Tags: cattle, Cattle Ranch, Cow Pens, Florida Cattle Ranch, Horn Flies, Treasure Hammock Ranch
by terranovabay
An Osprey circling its nesting area at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. From the OspreyWatch project.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Osprey, OspreyWatch, Pandion haliaetus, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, PINWR
by terranovabay
An iconic sight in rural areas. The height of the power line makes for an excellent perch for this hawk from which to survey for prey at Treasure Hammock Ranch. From the Florida Cattle Ranch project.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Cattle Ranch, hawk, power line, raptor, Treasure Hammock Ranch
by terranovabay
The Mangrove Skipper from yesterday’s post seen from a different angle shows its white face and more of the iridescent blue that caught the sunlight so well.
Categories: Nature • Tags: butterfly, Mangrove Skipper, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Phocides pigmalion
by terranovabay
Electric blue highlights flare in the Sun on this Mangrove Skipper at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Click to see a different angle.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Mangrove Skipper, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Phocides pigmalion, Skipper
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Hard to believe this Paper Wasp is a pollinator, but its love of nectar puts it in that category. It also like to eat insects, which it feeds to its larvae. A real misunderstood beauty.
Categories: Nature • Tags: ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Paper Wasp, Pollinator
by terranovabay
At rest on a blade of grass | Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
Categories: Nature • Tags: butterfly, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
by terranovabay
A Monarch butterfly foraging at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.
Categories: Nature • Tags: butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Monarch, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
