*OFFICIAL* Snapshot of the Day (one image per post please) #2

[dcstep]

Ed, interesting coyote shot. It see you, but it's not slinking off.

Here's my coyote from this morning:

Coyote Glances Toward Me by David Stephens, on Flickr

[Itsed65]

Nice one Dave. That guy was the "rear guard" for a pack that were moving away from me.

[Itsed65]

Shoveler Liftoff by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[Terry989]

California forest scorpion - Sonoma County, California

[Arsonism]

Very Cool Terry! Sorry I've been awol for a while, I've got some new content to share though.

I will definitely be looking for some C&C on the ones to come... I have no idea what I'm doing with these edits.



Valley Sunsetby Shane

[dcstep]

Welcome back, Shane.

Your shot shows best where it's full-screen. When I saw it here, at first, I didn't realize that it was trees against snow. It shows well full-screen, but at this size, I'd probably raise Shadows. However, when you start processing for different sizes, then you quickly get into never-never land. I'd say, leave it as is.

[dcstep]

Terry, mean looking scorpion!

[Itsed65]

I really love the way the Fuji does black and white

Nor Cal Winter by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[lnxguy]

Sutton River Brook Trout by billmarz, on Flickr

[Weebl]

Beauty.

[TheJosey]

Taken at the NC Zoo on Saturday, 02/25/2017

[Itsed65]

Hunting From Above by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[lnxguy]

More fish, lol.

IMG_4503 by billmarz, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by lnxguy

More fish, lol.

Caught the sun just right.

[dcstep]

Northern Harrier Hunts by David Stephens, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Ed, nice shot of the kite.

Do kites hunt pretty much like harriers?

[Josh (PA)]

digging through some older pics.

Eastern Cottontail Rabbit Baby by Josh, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Josh (PA)

digging through some older pics.

Sweet shot.

[Josh (PA)]

This is one of my all time favs. It's a baby Eastern Screech Owl popping its head out at dusk. Not long after we moved into our home, I did a lot of work to naturalize our property and make it nature friendly. I built and hung three owl boxes. Two were in the woods at what I thought were prime locations for owls to nest. The third, I figured wtf, and hung it in a tree in our front yard about 25 ft from the house facing right into my kids bedroom window. Low and behold a pair of owls decided to use that one for their nesting box. We got to watch them all season from the time the two adults (a red phase male and a gray phase female) set up shop until they fledged. It was an awesome way to introduce the kids to the beauty of nature.


Baby Screech Owl by Josh, on Flickr

[Josh (PA)]

Here was the Dad:

Eastern Screech Owl by Josh, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Josh (PA)

This is one of my all time favs. It's a baby Eastern Screech Owl popping its head out at dusk. Not long after we moved into our home, I did a lot of work to naturalize our property and make it nature friendly. I built and hung three owl boxes. Two were in the woods at what I thought were prime locations for owls to nest. The third, I figured wtf, and hung it in a tree in our front yard about 25 ft from the house facing right into my kids bedroom window. Low and behold a pair of owls decided to use that one for their nesting box. We got to watch them all season from the time the two adults (a red phase male and a gray phase female) set up shop until they fledged. It was an awesome way to introduce the kids to the beauty of nature.

Josh, very neat story and pictures.

Over the years, I found great horned owls nesting right where there's lots of people traffic. GHO takes nests-of-convenience, meaning they don't build their own. They usually take a hawk nest from the prior year.

I wouldn't say that owls "enjoy" people, but they are not too disturbed by us, in general.

[Josh (PA)]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Josh, very neat story and pictures.

Over the years, I found great horned owls nesting right where there's lots of people traffic. GHO takes nests-of-convenience, meaning they don't build their own. They usually take a hawk nest from the prior year.

I wouldn't say that owls "enjoy" people, but they are not too disturbed by us, in general.

Thanks. We have GHOs nesting in the neighborhood too. This year they had a really late (second) brood and babies were begging for food well into December. They make a pretty creepy screaming sound when they're hungry.