Wild Animals

[MarkBarbieri]

Let's see some shots you've taken of wild animals actually in the wild - not your dog, not at the zoo, not even at the AK.

Orcas near Vancouver
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/191193346-L.jpg


Black Bears in Pacific Rim
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/191195836-L.jpg

Bald Eagle on Quadra Island
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/191198140-L.jpg

Big Horn Sheep in Banff
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/191199663-L.jpg

Elk in Jasper
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/191202520-L.jpg

Dragon Fly near Cultus Lake
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/191204928-L.jpg

Sea Otter in Pacific Grove
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/120005840-L.jpg

Sea Anemone at Point Lobos
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/120007558-L.jpg

Harbor Seals (or maybe they're Sea Lions) in Pacific Grove
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/120008199-L.jpg

Coyote near Rocky Mountain National Park
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/3252712-L.jpg

http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/3252724-L.jpg

Elk near Rocky Mountain National Park
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/79497414-L.jpg

Hummingbird near Rocky Mountain National Park
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/79497424-L.jpg

[LPZ_Stitch!]

Wow, Mark ... those are some pretty spectacular pics, you've got there!

They're all great, but I *really* love the 1st coyote ... it would be perfectly at home in my favorite magazine; National Geographic! While the others are good looking pics, that one seems to have just a little something 'extra', to capture the 'personality' of the coyote! :thumbsup2

[mabas9395]

Not as good as Mark's, and a few of his are from my neck of the woods so I have no excuses.

http://farstead.smugmug.com/photos/245537362-L.jpg

http://farstead.smugmug.com/photos/245535635-L.jpg

[Virgo10]

Oh wow, I can't compete with any of these but here's a couple anyway.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/virgo10/Old%20Scanned%20All%20Types/reraccoonfamily95450x305.jpg

A family of raccoons outside our back door. This was taken through the glass (for obvious reasons) and was when I lived in MA.

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL910/465229/1546247/18114601.jpg

Another pic from MA. This Carolina Wren was hanging upside down from a branch on a cold winter's day. I thought the poor thing was dead but, no, he was just hanging around. :rotfl:

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL910/465229/10115233/164884809.jpg

My first Florida Alligator sighting.

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL910/465229/14523546/243692514.jpg

Osprey perched right outside my front door. :goodvibes

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL910/465229/16385339/272787522.jpg

Crab Like Spiny Orb Weaver. These have got to be the coolest spiders ever! :thumbsup2

[Bugdozer]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/bugdozer217/flume2.jpg

[orchjoe]

http://orchjoe.smugmug.com/photos/218910487-L.jpg

http://orchjoe.smugmug.com/photos/207775030-L.jpg

http://orchjoe.smugmug.com/photos/207774911-L.jpg

[Melissa_E]

I hope this counts, it is a wild animal that I shot at the zoo, but he wasn't a zoo animal, he was a freeloader!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/captain_hug99/chipmunk.jpg

[MarkBarbieri]

It's not a competition. I've got a bunch of wildlife shots to choose from because I've been taking pictures for a long time and I spent a lot of time in wilderness areas.

Not as good as Mark's, and a few of his are from my neck of the woods so I have no excuses.

http://farstead.smugmug.com/photos/245537362-L.jpg

http://farstead.smugmug.com/photos/245535635-L.jpg

I'd love to have a shot like your second one. It makes my bald eagle shot look totally lame.

They're all great, but I *really* love the 1st coyote ... it would be perfectly at home in my favorite magazine; National Geographic! While the others are good looking pics, that one seems to have just a little something 'extra', to capture the 'personality' of the coyote!

Believe it or not, I took that shot from my parent's kitchen window. They sometimes have a coyote that prowls around near the house looking for scraps. The second elk shot was in the field across the street from them and the hummingbird was from the backyard. They live up in the mountains, just across the street from Rocky Mountain National Park. Here's a shot of their house in winter time:

http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/3252710-L.jpg

[DueyDooDah]

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/DueyDooDah/IMG_1662.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/DueyDooDah/IMG_1242.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/DueyDooDah/IMG_1215.jpg

[Queenie]

Ok mine aren't quite as exotic as some of the animals on here but still!

One that's not for the faint-hearted, a nest of baby spiders in my sister's back yard:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/HeathenAngel/DIS/Photo%20Board/Spiders.jpg

These guys were trying to run up the waterfall as they had a little one with them who couldn't fly. Took them a while and they drew a small crowd but they managed eventually and got a big cheer!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/HeathenAngel/DIS/Photo%20Board/Ducks.jpg

I love this shot, taken in London whilst we were waiting for our train home:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/HeathenAngel/DIS/Photo%20Board/Pigeon.jpg

[deletedpenguin]

:) Welcome to Oz.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2331/2146350686_d0468dd055_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2072/1880932175_41f1bf3a83_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2263/1881752390_1d06268e40_o.jpg

[My2Girls66]

I love everyone's photos! Wildlife seems to avoid melike the plague(I'm the only one I know that drove the length of Moose Alley at 20-mph at dusk and didn't see a single moose) but I did catch some wildlife in the Everglades in 2001- these were taken with my N80- film slr so they are scans.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/Scan068January2420084-1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/Scan068January2420083.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/Scan068January2420082.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/Scan067January2420084.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/Scan067January2420083.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/Scan067January2420082.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/Scan066January2420084.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/Scan066January2420083.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/Scan066January2420082.jpg
I did see these bears in NH- on Cannon Mt. Spotted 3 black specks while driving by on the highway- stopped to check it out. We were quite far from them- taken with a 300mm lens with the N80.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/Scan1240434June102005.jpg
And this little guy I saw in Stanley Park(Vancouver) last fall. A bunch of signs saying please don't feed the animals- they have to be destroyed if the get to be a nuisance. Of course, some people just can't obey the signs:( I hope he/she will be ok.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/IMG_0210.jpg
And this guy on top of one of the Mts in N Vancouver. Of 7 days in BC- 4 of them hiking in the mts near Whistler and in NVancouver- we saw 2 sea lions, a few of these grey jays and the raccoon. Not much for a place loaded with wildlife. Its almost like wildlife runs the other way when they know I'm near:confused3
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/img_01183.jpg
In Howe Sound, BC
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/DSC_01522125.jpg
I forgot I had this spruce grouse from BC.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/dsc_006617482.jpg

[VMK_MagicalLadee]

Here's my attemped shot of a butterfly :)

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w1/Magicalladee/DSCF1963.jpg

[NostalgicDad]

Pier 39, San Francisco......

http://ddbimages.smugmug.com/photos/212594728-L-1.jpg


http://ddbimages.smugmug.com/photos/212599196-L-1.jpg


Taking time out for a pose.....

http://ddbimages.smugmug.com/photos/246999533-L-1.jpg


http://ddbimages.smugmug.com/photos/177984277-L-3.jpg


http://ddbimages.smugmug.com/photos/175454445-L-4.jpg

This sucker would just not be still long enough for me to compose a good shot.......
http://ddbimages.smugmug.com/photos/247016404-L.jpg


This wild animal is just lending some perspective for the tree in this shot....

http://ddbimages.smugmug.com/photos/247017167-L.jpg


http://ddbimages.smugmug.com/photos/212565743-L-1.jpg

[rtphokie]

http://rtphokie.smugmug.com/photos/181550423-M.jpg

http://rtphokie.smugmug.com/photos/156654889-M.jpg

Not sure what this thing is, it looks like a flying shrimp to me
http://rtphokie.smugmug.com/photos/188174838-M.jpg

[declansdad]

Here are some taken in my back yard.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/declansdad/Wildlife/PC240008.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/declansdad/Wildlife/PC240012.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/declansdad/Wildlife/P4250015.jpg

[lsayd]

A wild pony on Assateague/Chincoteague
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/lsayd/IMG_3904.jpg
Lubber grasshopper from the Everglades
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/lsayd/IMG_1566.jpg
A couple of butterflies
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/lsayd/IMG_8105.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/lsayd/IMG_1723.jpg
A barracuda and starfish
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/lsayd/IMG_5340copy.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/lsayd/IMG_5323copy.jpg
A manatee that befriended us at Crystal River, FL
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/lsayd/IMG_8351photoshopped.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/lsayd/IMG_8377photoshopped.jpg
And a couple of Key Deer on Big Pine Key, FL
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/lsayd/IMG_1810.jpg

[sk8belle]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/sk8belle/Nov06%20Disney/MKButteryflyMK.jpg

The sunflower is more the focus on this than the bee is:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/sk8belle/Pindar/Pindar011.jpg

[Michele]

Porcupine-running off the road-Maroon Bells Park Aspen
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n207/moodymom44/Colorado2003130edited.jpg

Reindeer at a local ranch
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n207/moodymom44/6threindeerfarm074.jpg

Virgo10-thanks for letting me know what this was
Unfortunately I took a picture of this one in WDW, walking from YC to Epcot on the International Gateway
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n207/moodymom44/IMG_0799-1.jpg

[BethanyF]

Not sure what this thing is, it looks like a flying shrimp to me
http://rtphokie.smugmug.com/photos/188174838-M.jpg
It's a clear-wing hummingbird moth. I have a shot of one too, but PhotoBucket is not being cooperative this morning.

[shep]

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce23b3127ccebcae592c0ad800000036100Qat2bNq4bsW

Back entrance to Epcot..

[Queenie]

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce23b3127ccebcae592c0ad800000036100Qat2bNq4bsW

Back entrance to Epcot..

Yikes!! That looks scary as heck. I'm terrified of snakes and had the mis-fortune to have an encounter with one near the Beach Club last Oct, scared te living daylights out of me.

[shep]

Yikes!! That looks scary as heck. I'm terrified of snakes and had the mis-fortune to have an encounter with one near the Beach Club last Oct, scared te living daylights out of me.


This guy would sink down in the bush if someone got close..
He LOOKS completely harmless...

[Disney_Mama]

Florida spider at one of WDW golf courses
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r46/pshaekn/101_8743.jpg
Florida turtle also at WDW golf course
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r46/pshaekn/101_8737.jpg
Florida wall climbing frog at SSR. Found one in our room as well.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r46/pshaekn/101_8739.jpg

[handicap18]

Here's a Cardinal I was able to get a pic of last year. He moved around way to quick to get a lot of shots. I think I got 2. This one is cropped. Taken with my 70-300mm lens at the 300mm end.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e234/handicap18/Misc%20Photo%20Gallery/DSC_5385croped.jpg

I also got a few of some Blue Jays feeding from a bird house in our front yard:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1183/698198237_d37d02225c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/handicap18/698198237/)

I read an article in a photo mag last year about getting great up-close shots of squirrels. I tried it a few times last year, but got nothing. I'm definately going to try it out again starting in the spring.

Use peanuts as "bait". Set up your camera on a tripod with the camera facing the peanuts. Put the camera a few feet away then set your camera to remote shutter. Step back far enough so you can see everything, but you wont scare off the squirrel, but close enough so your remote will work. When the squirrel starts eating the peaunts, use your remote shutter to take a few pics before he runs off from the sound of the shutter going off. Wait for him to come back and do it again. Could make for some great shots. Worth a try if you've got some extra time and things are quiet.

[Virgo10]

Florida spider at one of WDW golf courses
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r46/pshaekn/101_8743.jpg


That's a writing spider. We usually see several of them around the house during the summer. Here's one.

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL910/465229/16385339/260510204.jpg

I'm not very knowledgeable about spiders and I still haven't found out what this one is. The colors are beautiful though.

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL910/465229/16385339/259675068.jpg

Another unknown but we call them Grinch spiders because of the green face looking thing on their back.

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL910/465229/16385339/265795728.jpg

[NostalgicDad]

Another spider photo. I've heard these referred to as zipper spiders but I have no idea if that's accurate.

http://ddbimages.smugmug.com/photos/176358327-XL-5.jpg

[DVC Jen]

http://jenniferd.smugmug.com/photos/146283141-M.jpg

http://jenniferd.smugmug.com/photos/146283469-M.jpg

http://jenniferd.smugmug.com/photos/183527549-M.jpg

http://jenniferd.smugmug.com/photos/145171338-M.jpg

[Virgo10]

Another spider photo. I've heard these referred to as zipper spiders but I have no idea if that's accurate.

http://ddbimages.smugmug.com/photos/176358327-XL-5.jpg

Yup, all of the above. :rotfl:

The largest orb weaver in our gardens is the black and yellow argiope (Argiope aurantia). Actually, only the female is large, the males being much smaller by comparison. Although big enough to deliver a bite, these spiders are not poisonous or aggressive. The black and yellow argiope is also called banana spider, yellow garden spider, zipper spider, golden orb weaver and writing spider.

[Metallicat]

A few nights ago I was sitting on the back steps getting a breath of fresh air. in the darkness I hear a growling sound that sends me flying into the house. the next night my husband calls me from outside and says "I think I found your monster, I heard it growling" so I go out and look and this is what I found. :rotfl:



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/lga2461/Copyofyard12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/lga2461/Copyofyard14.jpg

[Virgo10]

A few nights ago I was sitting on the back steps getting a breath of fresh air. in the darkness I hear a growling sound that sends me flying into the house. the next night my husband calls me from outside and says "I think I found your monster, I heard it growling" so I go out and look and this is what I found. :rotfl:



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/lga2461/Copyofyard12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/lga2461/Copyofyard14.jpg

ARGGGG! Is that a killer possum? :rotfl:

[Metallicat]

ARGGGG! Is that a killer possum? :rotfl:

I don't know but it sure is ugly. I nicknamed it Drac. short for Dracula. :rotfl:

[wkrider]

From my recent Alaska trip:
http://www.wkrider.smugmug.com/photos/243071762-M.jpg
http://www.wkrider.smugmug.com/photos/246191197-M.jpg

From our Jan. 2007 stay at the Wilderness Lode Villas:
http://www.wkrider.smugmug.com/photos/142383528-S.jpg

From our Jan 2007 stay at Vero Beach:
http://wkrider.smugmug.com/photos/142369091-M.jpg

[dcg0317]

Here's some I've shot.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/Wildlife/Damsels-05.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/Wildlife/Damsels-07.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/Wildlife/IndigoBunting-Passerinacyanea.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/2007/Wildlife/Beeinflight-01a.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/2007/Wildlife/BlueHerring-01a.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/2007/Wildlife/Broad-WingedHawk-05a.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/2007/Wildlife/CommonYellowthroat-04a.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/2007/Wildlife/CommonYellowthroat-07acrmale.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/2007/Wildlife/CoppersHawk-01a.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/2007/Wildlife/Redtailhawk-01b.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/2007/Wildlife/_MG_0420.jpg

[AndrewWG]

Here's some I've shot.


http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/Wildlife/IndigoBunting-Passerinacyanea.jpg



http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/2007/Wildlife/CommonYellowthroat-04a.jpg



Wow! Great shots! :worship: What lens do you use with the 20D? I see focal lengths of 430mm, etc. I am looking for a lens that will give me this type of closeup photography of birds.

[JR6ooo4]

Page three seems a good space back from those "pro" shots before me, Heheheheheee

Found in a forest preserve near our house:
http://MnMStudios.smugmug.com/photos/52544524-L.jpg

This guy is such a poser. Would you expect any less from San Fran Bay?
http://MnMStudios.smugmug.com/photos/8856288-L.jpg

This one did not let me get to close...
http://MnMStudios.smugmug.com/photos/24533667-L.jpg

Mikeeee

[Steve's Girl]

http://wendymitchell.smugmug.com/photos/139119831-L.jpg

This is a flying squirrel that frequents our bird feeder in the summer time. DH was able to get a picture of it "flying" (they actually glide). But, I can't find it right now.

http://wendymitchell.smugmug.com/photos/126450457-L-1.jpg

This is from last winter. I think it is a ladderback woodpecker (sorry Andy for not answering your question about what type of bird this was a while back). I took a few of a cardinal in the snow covered pine trees outside my office window yesterday, but don't have it uploaded yet. So much to do, so little time!

http://wendymitchell.smugmug.com/photos/179699583-L.jpg

http://wendymitchell.smugmug.com/photos/179700917-L.jpg

http://wendymitchell.smugmug.com/photos/179769174-L.jpg

These were from a trip to the east coast this past July.

[Gdad]

Nice thread Mark- and nice pictures all- Here are a few of mine...

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/215669211-L.jpg

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/216084430-L.jpg

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/219996624-L.jpg

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/170959745-L.jpg

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/219996819-L.jpg

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/168930089-L.jpg

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/168930008-L.jpg

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/121285085-L-1.jpg

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/227272517-L.jpg

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/219996564-L.jpg

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/121300151-L-1.jpg

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/220269863-L.jpg

Sorry- I started looking for all kinds of critters but never got past the birds. I'll post some more later. :)

[AndrewWG]

http://wendymitchell.smugmug.com/photos/126450457-L-1.jpg

This is from last winter. I think it is a ladderback woodpecker (sorry Andy for not answering your question about what type of bird this was a while back). I took a few of a cardinal in the snow covered pine trees outside my office window yesterday, but don't have it uploaded yet. So much to do, so little time!


Geez! It's about time I got an answer to that one! :lmao:

[dcg0317]

Wow! Great shots! :worship: What lens do you use with the 20D? I see focal lengths of 430mm, etc. I am looking for a lens that will give me this type of closeup photography of birds.

Thanks Andy, I was using Canon's 300 f/4 IS lens with Canons 1.4 II extender, I'm now looking at getting Canon's 400mm f/5.6 lens. Here's a few more some with the extender and some without, also most of these have been cropped but still make nice 5x7 or 4x6 prints. I also like to use it to shoot Butterflies and Dragonflies because it has a mim focous distance of just under 5 feet.
Here's a link to the Canon forums of pics others have shot with the 300mm f/4 lens.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=163433

Red-Tail Hawk shot through the trees a couple weeks ago.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/2008/Wildlife/Red-TailedHawk-02a.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/2007/Wildlife/Chickadee-01acr.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/2007/Wildlife/MonarchButterfly-0207-07.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/2007/Wildlife/seabird-01a.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/Wildlife/chipmunk-03-01.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/Wildlife/MonarchButterfly-07a.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f302/amtphoto/Wildlife/CabbageWhite-Artogeiarapaebutterfly.jpg

[Virgo10]

Here's a couple more.

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL910/465229/16385339/269356090.jpg

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL910/465229/16385339/260926534.jpg
Black Racer

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL910/465229/17687070/295464020.jpg
Katydid

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL910/465229/17687070/291225431.jpg
Zebra Butterfly

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL910/465229/17687070/283682333.jpg
Dobson fly

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL910/465229/16385339/262618073.jpg
Southeastern Lubber Grasshopper

[SharonLowe]

Geez! It's about time I got an answer to that one! :lmao:

Sorry, ladderbacks live out in the southwest. That one is likely a red-bellied woodpecker. Yes, I know its crown is red but the red-headed woodpecker has a full red head (and is rarely seen).

[jann1033]

second the red bellied, think the redheaded doesn't have the striped back and the others ( ie downy) don't have that much red on the head...
i gotta go through my photos and see which i haven't posted so as not to bore everyone;) but i love all of yours so far

[Steve's Girl]

Sorry, ladderbacks live out in the southwest. That one is likely a red-bellied woodpecker. Yes, I know its crown is red but the red-headed woodpecker has a full red head (and is rarely seen).

Could be. I really am not sure what it is. For some reason, I remember some discussion about ladderbacks somewhere with somebody.... Ok, I don't know what I am talking about. I just take the pictures.

[AndrewWG]

How about "a pretty woodpecker"? I know I haven't seen one like that in Massachusetts. Seems like if it is a red bellied, they should be here, but I haven't seen one anyways. Always see the smaller ones.

[jann1033]

we put out peanuts and the larger woodpeckers seem to like them. there is a pileated next door that goes to one of our pine trees, husband sees it a lot but i never can find it naturally
anyway, these were from last summer, kirtland ohio area, someone's yard for the deers, corning lake for the other 2
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/jann1033/local%20color/20070630deerandhawk037.jpg
there was somekind of a bee hive inside a tree and these hummingbirds were going crazy, never knew they ate honey:confused3
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/jann1033/local%20color/20070625arboretumagain057-1.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/jann1033/local%20color/20070710joesphotos059copy.jpg