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Really neat! I love wetlands, such neat wildlife.
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This reminds me of a place in florida we have been to a few times. It is on Sanibel island in florida and is called J.N. ding darling National wildlife refuge. Has lots of marshes as well with lots of birds and wildlife. We have taken our kayaks down and there and kayaked through the reserve and it is really neat. Would highly recommend visiting there and if you have a kayak take it you won't be disappointed.
http://www.fws.gov/dingdarling/
http://www.fws.gov/dingdarling/
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Think we were at Sanibel Island many yrs ago looking for sea shells on the beach. Next time we shall hit the wild life refuge. Adding to my list. We have lots of free time now just need to get our butts moving 
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JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THIS PIC.... A RHINOCERUS BEETLE.
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I HOPE that's photoshopped!!!
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Finally got some new nature photos to share!
As some of you saw in another post, I made a birdbath out of an old preformed shell and rock. The birds have been using it every day!
..and I was at a local bike path today and photographed this muskrat/beaver dam. The water level was high due to recent rains so it looked really cool! Like a waterfall!
Also saw some large fish in the river. Not completely sure what kind.
As some of you saw in another post, I made a birdbath out of an old preformed shell and rock. The birds have been using it every day!
..and I was at a local bike path today and photographed this muskrat/beaver dam. The water level was high due to recent rains so it looked really cool! Like a waterfall!
Also saw some large fish in the river. Not completely sure what kind.
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love your bird bath, great shots too
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Sorry, couldn't add comments to the above! 1- Deer at Point Pelee National Park. 2- As far south as you can go in mainland Canada. 3- Boardwalk through the marsh. 4- Looking north from the point.
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Had a nice short walk in the woods today. Found a great spot along a stream for photos.
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Nice shots JB and it would be hard to not take some of those rocks and pieces of wood but guess sometimes we need to leave some out there for mother nature to use
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Beautiful pictures!
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HOLY GOOD GOD THAT THING IS SCARY....MY WHOLE BODY IS SHAKING JUST LOOKING AT IT!!!!
JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THIS PIC.... A RHINOCERUS BEETLE.
HOLY GOOD GOD THAT THING IS SCARY....MY WHOLE BODY IS SHAKING JUST LOOKING AT IT!!!!
"Light Footed Bird Food Thief"
We feed a tremendous number of wild birds yet I was baffled after discovering we were using 8 lbs of bird food a week. That's $20 of high quality feed. Completely by chance today the mystery was solved!
Our squirrel proof bird feeder automatically closes when a creature over a certain weight gets on the perch. There are three weight settings, light, medium and heavy. I "had" the setting on medium. Never did I think a young squirrel would be light enough to "not" trigger the auto close mechanism. Boy, I was wrong! Share a laugh with me as the pictured young squirrel enjoys the bountiful feast then once discovered makes a fast get away! Oh, two last notes. Note One is that I feed squirrels cobbed corn on another feeder. Note Two is the bird feeder perch weight setting is now set on "light" weight!
You just have to love wildlife, so beautiful, fun and intelligent.
We feed a tremendous number of wild birds yet I was baffled after discovering we were using 8 lbs of bird food a week. That's $20 of high quality feed. Completely by chance today the mystery was solved!
Our squirrel proof bird feeder automatically closes when a creature over a certain weight gets on the perch. There are three weight settings, light, medium and heavy. I "had" the setting on medium. Never did I think a young squirrel would be light enough to "not" trigger the auto close mechanism. Boy, I was wrong! Share a laugh with me as the pictured young squirrel enjoys the bountiful feast then once discovered makes a fast get away! Oh, two last notes. Note One is that I feed squirrels cobbed corn on another feeder. Note Two is the bird feeder perch weight setting is now set on "light" weight!
You just have to love wildlife, so beautiful, fun and intelligent.