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nobody@ipernity.com (Evan North) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:00:07 +0000

Evan North has posted:

long tailed tit

It's a Giraffe!

nobody@ipernity.com (James Bowen) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:20:51 +0000

James Bowen has posted:

Just a small mouthful

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 17:23:22 +0000

Anne Elliott has posted:

Just over two months ago, on 19 August 2014, I was lucky enough to have the chance to try and photograph a couple of these absolutely adorable little creatures : ) After a while, I was beginning to despair of ever getting any decent shots at all. These tiny Pikas, also known as Rock Rabbits, hardly ever remain still and they are extremely fast! Imagine a mountain hillside covered in sharp, jagged rocks of all sizes and then try to picture how difficult it is to find in the viewfinder the single rock on which one of these Pikas might happen to be sitting for a second or two, lol! By the time you find the rock, the Pika is long gone. This is a highly zoomed shot, so not the greatest quality, but still very cute : )

They rely on existing spaces between the rocks for their homes - they don't dig a burrow, though they can dig to make their home bigger. Because the Pikas are a similar colour to many of the surrounding rocks, it is so difficult to see them - unless you happen to catch sight of some movement or you see a bunch of greenery moving at top speed over the rocky mountain side. At this time of year, they are so busy collecting plants and leaves to store in their little cave for the winter. This photo shows one of them with a mouthful of greens ready to store. Often, they collect a bigger mouthful than this before running at top speed back to their cave.

As time passed, I managed to take quite a lot of photos, though quite a few needed to be deleted. Hope you don't get tired of seeing these little guys, but they are just so very cute. They are only about 15 to 23 centimetres (5.9 to 9.1 in) in body length, so really are pretty small. And, no, I didn't put one in my pocket to bring home with me!

"The American Pika is a generalist herbivore. It eats a large variety of green plants, including different kinds of grasses, sedges, thistles and fireweed. Although pikas can meet their water demands from the vegetation they eat, they do drink water if it is available in their environment. Pikas have two different ways of foraging: they directly consume food (feeding) or they cache food in haypiles to use for a food source in the winter (haying). The pika feeds throughout the year while haying is limited to the summer months. Since they do not hibernate, pikas have greater energy demands than other montane mammals. In addition, they also make 13 trips per hour to collect vegetation when haying, up to a little over 100 trips per day." From Wikipedia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_pika

Link to a video that someone has posted on YouTube, to see and hear these little Rock Rabbits:

youtu.be/W4U9IxhQSTc

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I've only been on Flickr the last half hour, but I see that they have still not fixed the "views" problem that has been going on for many hours now. The Stats for Your Account (only available to the old Pro account members) seems to be working OK, but the number of views under each individual image is either stuck at 0 or counts just a very few of the actual number. Apparently, Staff do know about this issue.

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Looks like we had maybe 2-3" of snow yesterday and overnight. As I type, there is just very fine snow falling, barely noticeable. I think it may be very slippery out there, so it will probably be another day at home. It's 1°C right now, supposedly climbing to 3°C this afternoon. I was hoping that the snow on my car would all melt, but it doesn't look like that will happen.

Blue-eared Kingfisher

nobody@ipernity.com (Richard And Jo Demeester) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:43:59 +0000

Richard And Jo Demeester has posted:

Blue-eared Kingfisher - Latin name: Alcedo Meninting

Sungai Kinabatang, Sabah, Malaysia

Just hanging

nobody@ipernity.com (Richard And Jo Demeester) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:41:15 +0000

Richard And Jo Demeester has posted:

Orangutan at the Sepilok Orang-Utan Rehabilitation Centre.

Baby Owl

nobody@ipernity.com (Rob Fletcher) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:48:48 +0000

Rob Fletcher has posted:

ahhh such a cutie

Long-eared Owl 1

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:34:47 +0000

Anne Elliott has posted:

I'm not sure whose eyes were bigger and rounder when we first found ourselves staring at each other! Magical!

Long-eared Owl 3

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:34:47 +0000

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Red-naped Sapsucker

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:40:27 +0000

Anne Elliott has posted:

This male has a red forehead, red patch behind the ear and a red chin and throat.

Male Mourning Cloak

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:50:51 +0000

Anne Elliott has posted:

This butterfly is a male and the males, like those of many other species of butterfly, exhibit "territoriality". If the butterfly is disturbed, it will fly away, returning a few moments later to the same vicinity. Mourning Cloak adults will usually perch on a high object.

Wandering Garter Snake

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:20:14 +0000

Anne Elliott has posted:

Finally, a photo showing the bright red tongue of the Wandering Garter Snake.

Canada Goose Goslings

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:58:14 +0000

Anne Elliott has posted:

Canada Goose goslings are always a favourite each spring and early summer. Happy Feathery Friday, everyone!

Floating pretzel ..

nobody@ipernity.com (Peggy C) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:56:52 +0000

Peggy C has posted:

- know that spare is in here
- maybe if I look over there
- rats
- not there either !
- don't really feel like swimming over to the parts store
- just for one feather
- sighed the Mute swan ..............

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Time for a Drink

nobody@ipernity.com (Andrew Luyten) — Thu, 18 May 2006 21:18:13 +0000

Andrew Luyten has posted:

Elephant group in Etosha, Namibia, making the most of a pool of water.

Fly to this location
(Requires Google Earth)

It Ain't Over 'Til the Fat Lizard Sings

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:47:21 +0000

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Female Spiny tailed iguana, Monterey del Mar, Costa Rica These lizards are native to Mexico and Central America. They are among the fastest of all lizard species. They use their speed to escape from predators but when cornered, they will lash out with their spiny tails and bite.

ODT: Humor

AIMG_0411

Grey Heron

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:17:02 +0000

Esther has posted:

Grey Heron, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

AAfrica.3 2006 118A

A mouthful

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:38:26 +0000

Esther has posted:

The lioness is carrying her freshly killed Thompson's gazelle back to the rest of the pride. She had previously unsuccesfully attacked a herd of zebra, causing nothing more than a stampede. The poor unfortunate young gazelle was hiding in the tall grass and could not escape.

AAfrica.4 2006 324

Family life (Explored)

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:25:30 +0000

Esther has posted:

Cheetah, Masai Mara, Kenya

AAfrica 2006 493

Common Wasp

nobody@ipernity.com (C.Rayz) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:33:02 +0000

C.Rayz has posted:

I think due to the seperation between the abdomen this is a wasp... I'll have to do more looking lol.

Adorable Juvenile Emus

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 05:22:06 +0000

Janet Brien has posted:

Like other birds, Emus grow up very fast, and are full grown by 5-6 months old! The stripes they're born with help to camouflage them and fade within three months.

Males are the dominent parent from the time the eggs are layed until the chicks are on their own at about 7 months old. The female leaves shortly after laying eggs--though some will stay until the eggs hatch--and will often lay other clutches of eggs with up to two other males during the breeding seasion. The male incubates and turns the eggs up to 10 times a day and will rarely eat or stand up for the 8 weeks of incubation, surviving on stored body fat. After the chicks hatch, the male protects the brood and teaches the chicks how to find food. Chicks will stay with the family group for about two years or until they find a mate to start a family with whey they are sexually mature, which is about 18 months old.

For more information about Emus, Wiki has a wonderful source here: Wiki:Emu

I've uploaded two other pictures today and I hope you'll visit them too!

Thanks to all of you who have visited and have left comments and favorites! I try to go to all of your pages within a day or two and is a highlight for me to see your beautiful photography! :)