Fonske Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Picture-pretty Saturday after a big thunderstorm last night. 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Walked out of our Dollar General last eve just before sundown. Here’s the Fish Folk view of America... Not quite purple. Not quite mountains. But for sure Appalachain majesty. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 (edited) . Edited July 3, 2021 by Trish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fonske Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Local wildlife is mostly hiding in the shadows these days 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 On 7/3/2021 at 8:51 PM, Fonske said: Local wildlife is mostly hiding in the shadows these days @FonskeAnd what is that fish called? Beautiful, but it makes me want to get out of the water! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 On 7/4/2021 at 1:34 PM, Trish said: And what is that fish called? Beautiful, but it makes me want to get out of the water! Ah, there is something I can talk about :) This is a medium-sized (~1ft long) snakehead, a common food fish here in China. They are predators, they like to hang around the shores, and I have a nagging suspicion that they spend some time out of the water too (because when walking around the ponds it's very common to hear a loud splash and then to see a big snakehead swimming away from the rocky shore. Very similar to an encounter with a basking turtle, but the splash sound is different). They are very pretty indeed, even (or should I say, especially) when they are small. They are also incredibly slippery, like a thousand times more slimy and slippery than any other fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 On 7/3/2021 at 11:09 PM, Fonske said: Ah, there is something I can talk about :) This is a medium-sized (~1ft long) snakehead, a common food fish here in China. They are predators, they like to hang around the shores, and I have a nagging suspicion that they spend some time out of the water too (because when walking around the ponds it's very common to hear a loud splash and then to see a big snakehead swimming away from the rocky shore. Very similar to an encounter with a basking turtle, but the splash sound is different). They are very pretty indeed, even (or should I say, especially) when they are small. They are also incredibly slippery, like a thousand times more slimy and slippery than any other fish. Oh... they get bigger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 On 7/4/2021 at 2:13 PM, Trish said: they get bigger! Yes, at least in circumference :) The maximum length I have seen in the wild (or supermarket) was about 1.5ft long, but they get much fatter, maybe 4-5" in diameter. The one I photographed is probably just a bit over 1" in cross-section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBOzzie59 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Wifey grabbed this sunrise a few days ago. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Local pond inhabitants not keen on being photographed. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Saw this moth last week at work, looked it up, it's an Imperial Moth. Looks like it had a broken wing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kara C Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Small spider and some wild turkeys in the suburbs. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Keeping an eye on me 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 On 7/14/2021 at 4:53 PM, Kara C said: Small spider and some wild turkeys in the suburbs. I love turkey vultures! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 I've been on vacation with my family in Gatlinburg, TN this week, been staying in a friend's cabin up in the mountains. I grilled some burgers the other night and then a couple hours later, my kids started yelling that there was a bear coming down hill across the street, turned around, sure enough there was! Then a while later, looked out the window and there was a mama and four cubs walking down the road. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 On 7/30/2021 at 7:06 AM, Andy's Fish Den said: a mama and four cubs That's a lot of bears! The last photo is like a modern version of the "Morning in a pine forest" :) (photo from the internet). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Just a view from my window this morning. Blue sky with pretty clouds is a very rare sight here, and it's amazing how much it lifts up one's mood. I learned to really appreciate it :) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Found some visitors above the patio pond today. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 On 7/2/2021 at 1:33 PM, Streetwise said: Whenever I look at moths now, I imagine how they look under UV and IR! A rosy maple moth, my niece in Germany has been bugging me to take some pictures of those for her for a while, just haven't seen any around.😄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) On 7/3/2021 at 9:51 PM, Fonske said: Local wildlife is mostly hiding in the shadows these days A Eurasian hoopoe where are you located @Fonske if you don't mind me asking? Just saw in the next few posts that you are located in China. I have a friend in Germany who is also a nature and wildlife photographer who couldn't get pictures of the hoopoe in Germany, where they spend the summer, so his client sent him to South Africa to make it happen. Edited July 31, 2021 by Jungle Fan Got my question answered in next post 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 8/1/2021 at 7:05 AM, Jungle Fan said: ust saw in the next few posts that you are located in China. I have a friend in Germany who is also a nature and wildlife photographer who couldn't get pictures of the hoopoe in Germany, where they spend the summer, so his client sent him to South Africa to make it happen. Hm, interesting... I have never seen hoopoes in Europe (or anywhere else, actually) before coming to China. My first encounter with these magnificent species happened here in Beijing, in YuanMingYuan park. They usually come in pairs, once I saw a trio in the middle of a pretty fierce fighting. They don't seem too skittish, so if your friend ever wants more of them, he might consider China as an alternative to South Africa :) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 They occur pretty much in all of Europe with the exception of the U.K., Ireland, Scandinavia, and the Netherlands. The European hoopoes winter in Africa, but the South African population of hoopoes stays put and doesn't migrate. Bernd said he'd just try to catch them in Hungary during the summer if he gets another commission for pictures of them, they are supposedly more abundant there. When they sent him to Africa was in the fall after migration had started, and the publication was on a deadline. China would be a bit more out of the way, pricier with the flight, and iffier with the restrictions I would think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_hoopoe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Nice breezy day in a park today Lotus flowers everywhere as well as these guys: I had no idea they had such pretty fancy feet. :) 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 A visit to the Botanical Garden at UC Berkeley: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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