Your day's wildlife

[Smurfy]

Seen two foxes out in broad daylight. Wednesday at 20:30 a young adult on a patch of grass, scratching, grooming and stretching in a manner that made me think it had just woken up. Friday at 06:00 a juvenile chasing something (a cat?) across a road.

 

[Mrs M]

Despite getting Thomas a collar with bell that he's kept on for almost a week
A poor wee bird on the lawn today
Sorry little one.

 

[vernon]

A far from camera shy dragonfly.

It put up with several attempts to get a close up shot.

 

[Mireystock]

Friday evenings ride, a fox on the track in front of me. it was facing away from me, and I managed to get about 70 yards from it before it turned and saw me. It was in lovely condition, not mangey at all, and a real fox colour, rather than dark coloured. Fare well Fox.

 

[annedonnelly]

Been trying for a while now to get a picture of a damsel fly

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Nice shot. I think that's a male Common Blue - the last two segments are both blue.

 

[biggs682]

Nice shot. I think that's a male Common Blue - the last two segments are both blue.

thank you , taken with my phone rather than a camera

 

[coffeejo]

If you'll excuse the pun, I spotted this scene whilst walking the dog on the common last night.

Six Spotted Burnet Moth

• coffeejo
• 4 Aug 2015

3 August 2015

 

[coffeejo]

That's a great photo Jo

Thanks, rocky

 

[Gravity Aided]

A Ruby-Throated Hummingbird among my wife's begonias.

 

[Mattonsea]

Three Red Stags in the Spring Barley.They are young and have probably been kicked out of the forest by one of the herds.

 

[vernon]

A Ruby-Throated Hummingbird among my wife's begonias.

I've been trying to photograph one of those at a humming bird feeder but they are too timid and skittish to hang around in the presence of humans.

 

[gbb]

A sea eagle
Floating around above the surf off Ponta Preta, then quickly floated down..ooh, is he going to take something from the shallows...no, oh well, we had to move on then.
Similar to an Osprey in colouring, a bit smaller perhaps.
I thought id seen a couple off the coast the other day but disregarded the thought, surely not i thought...
Its a remarkably barren place inland but the sea is full of life.

 

[nickyboy]

If you'll excuse the pun, I spotted this scene whilst walking the dog on the common last night.

Six Spotted Burnet Moth

• coffeejo
• 4 Aug 2015

3 August 2015

You may already know but that is a Six Spotted Burnet Moth

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

You may already know but that is a Six Spotted Burnet Moth

Well, I didn't until now. A striking insect that I've never seen before.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I've been trying to photograph one of those at a humming bird feeder but they are too timid and skittish to hang around in the presence of humans.

That was my experience at Uni, which was a great deal farther south in Illinois, so it had more honeysuckle and trumpet vines, including a large trumpet vine near an outdoor cafeteria at the student center. That area was rife with hummingbirds due to the presence of the trumpet vine, as well as a few unattended pops (sodas) now and again.