What I'm Focussed On - Animals

[kimmar067]

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[kimmar067]

 

[Hubie]

 

[tltay2005]

 

[kimmar067]

 

[MarkBarbieri]

It's hard to see it because he's so well camouflaged, but there is an elk hidden in there.

 

[klmall]

 

[MarkBarbieri]

My parents used to own a home in the mountains near Estes Park, CO. I saw this guy sitting on their lawn one morning when we were visiting.

 

[klmall]

 

[kimmar067]

It's hard to see it because he's so well camouflaged, but there is an elk hidden in there.

...nice disguise!

 

[klmall]

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Is that a cormorant? They are great divers, but their wings get wet when they dive. As a result, they can often be seen standing around with their wings spread out.


That's a cormorant we saw while on a stroll during a March evening in Tampa.

 

[zackiedawg]

Haven't posted in here in a while - I shoot wildlife every weekend so I have far too many to share...but I see a few recent posts were of wildlife in Disney World parks or resorts, so I figured I'd post a few over the past year or two found on Disney World property.

Tufted titmouse from my Old Key West balcony:

Deer grazing in the distance along the path to Grand Floridian from Magic Kingdom, with an egret in the foreground, taken from the Grand Floridian/Polynesian boat:

Hooded merganser splashing around in the river by Tomorrowland in Magic Kingdom:

Mottled duck silhouette at sunset, cruising through the lake at Caribbean Beach Resort:

Duck in the Disney Springs lake, silhouetted in sunset colors, taken from Saratoga Springs:

Ring-billed gull on lookout from the Wilderness Lodge dock:

Female anhinga drying off at the Polynesian resort docks:

A northern cardinal stopping for a drink in the gorilla enclosure at Animal Kingdom:

Bald eagle calling out from atop the swan hotel across the river, as seen from my Boardwalk villa balcony:

I waited on my balcony with my coffee and my 300mm lens, and got lucky when the eagle flew off in my direction:

 

[klmall]

Is that a cormorant? They are great divers, but their wings get wet when they dive. As a result, they can often be seen standing around with their wings spread out.

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That's a cormorant we saw while on a stroll during a March evening in Tampa.

I don't know; I saw it near Harper's Mill. It is such a beautiful bird!

 

[zackiedawg]

Mark and Cathy - both of yours are a bird called anhinga. Close to cormorants, also dive, also dry their wings. But anhingas are a little black and greyer, they have straight pointy bills. Cormorants have a hooked or curved bill. Both are common in Florida - but anhingas probably outnumber cormorants.

This is an anhinga:

And for comparison, this is a cormorant:

 

[klmall]

Mark and Cathy - both of yours are a bird called anhinga. Close to cormorants, also dive, also dry their wings. But anhingas are a little black and greyer, they have straight pointy bills. Cormorants have a hooked or curved bill. Both are common in Florida - but anhingas probably outnumber cormorants.

This is an anhinga:

And for comparison, this is a cormorant:

Thanks zackiedawg! And your bird photos are amazing!

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Mark and Cathy - both of yours are a bird called anhinga. Close to cormorants, also dive, also dry their wings. But anhingas are a little black and greyer, they have straight pointy bills. Cormorants have a hooked or curved bill. Both are common in Florida - but anhingas probably outnumber cormorants.

Good to know.

 

[PrincessInOz]

 

[PrincessInOz]

 

[klmall]

A visitor to our Yosemite rental house