beautiful in its time...

...a photographic nature journal from Pollywog Creek

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Winged Sumac

Winged Sumac
Rhus copallinum
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Great Horned Owl

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Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus

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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Wood Stork - Endangered Species

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Wood Stork
Mycteria americana

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Eastern Yellow Jacket

And the food chain...

Eastern yellow jacket eating an insect larva...

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Eating a dead baby bird...

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Being eaten by a Green Lynx Spider

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I took the first three photographs this morning, keeping in mind the warning I read in the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida regarding yellow jackets:
"Stings repeatedly if bothered."
I kept my distance.
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