Saturday, June 29, 2013

Camera Critters #273

It’s a Cathartes aura!  In other words, a Turkey Vulture.
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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Camera Critters #272

I live in the middle of town…almost.  I think I’m a couple of blocks from the geographic center, but I am close enough to say I live in the middle of town.

Last night (Thursday night, Friday morning), I woke to a strange sound…one I hadn’t heard since I moved from outside of town to where I live now.

It was the howl of Coyotes.

I can only guess the critters were in the dry canyon, which is a couple of blocks north of where I live.

Although the photo below is of a coyote, it probably isn’t one I heard howling.  This image was taken a number of years ago while I was walking the grounds of the old golf course just west of town.

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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Camera Critters #271

It is always a good day when I cross paths with one of the three species of lizards commonly found in this area.

The little fella here is a Great Basin Fence Lizard, which is a subspecies of the Western Fence Lizard.  And, for obvious reasons, they are nicknamed “Blue-bellies.”

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And now a special treat for those of you who have those red/blue 3D glasses.  This image is the same lizards shot with my new toy…a Fujifilm 3D W3 camera.

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Sharp-eyed viewers might notice the fly on the right of the image.

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Saturday, June 8, 2013

Camera Critters #270

A couple of weeks ago, I showed you a photo of a Red-tailed Hawk keeping an eye on its tormenter.

Now, I show you a Western Tanager keeping an eye on dinner.

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Saturday, June 1, 2013

Camera Critters #269

Say hello to my little friend!

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