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Photos:
- Adult great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
- Adult great blue heron
- Subadult great blue heron
Clinging to an old pipe in the dim light of dawn, for some she has six legs too many.
Protecting her egg sac atop a blade of grass, for some she has six legs too many.
Camouflaged in a sandy clearing and surveying for potential prey, for some she has six legs too many.
Skulking in grass and hay in the wee hours of the morning, for some he has six legs too many.
For some, six legs too many. For me, legs enough to be captivating.
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Photos:
(1) Female crab spider (Mecaphesa dubia)
(2) Female western lynx spider (Oxyopes scalaris)
(3) – (4) Female wolf spider (Hogna antelucana)
(5) – (8) Male rabid wolf spider (Rabidosa rabida)
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
— Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Sometimes they chase their shadows.
Sometimes their shadows chase them.
And sometimes their shadows hide beneath them, holding them up, providing the foundation upon which they travel.
Observing wildlife is one thing, but photographing it is another. Because life is always fleeting.
Sometimes together.
Sometimes alone.
Sometimes in the city.
Sometimes in the wild.
Sometimes up close.
Sometimes at a distance.
But always fleeting.
Yes, life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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