The Nature Photography Thread

[EasternGirl]

That is so funny! Love it! When I was living in England, I had an angry duck chase me for about a quarter of a mile down a dirt road in a park...I wish I had gotten it on video..and I guess I am showing my age here...but they didn't have video cameras back then so I guess it will just have to be preserved in my old timer memory!

[RedSidedSPR]

c'mon, what's more epic then a duck scratching.

[EasternGirl]

Oh no...that's pretty epic...I was just mentioning my angry duck chase because it was funny...probably not epic though..I have never seen a duck scratch, this is true.

[ConcinusMan]

Cool videos you've uploaded lately, but what's the big deal? I see ducks do that all the time.

[kibakiba]

He's exaggerating, Richard.

[ConcinusMan]

Some shots of the desert taken near my place:







Looking south west, Los Angeles / Hollywood is right on the other side of these mountains. Snow can be seen at around the 6500-7000 ft elevation.



Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) is a year 'round resident of the high desert: (taken at 3900 ft elevation)

[Mommy2many]

Cool. I love the hummingbirds.

[EasternGirl]

I love hummingbirds so much. I wish we had more of them around here. I would love to have one as a pet. Do people have them as pets?

[kibakiba]

Probably, but not in a way that's healthy for the bird. They need to constantly move. They rarely perch and rest... I've seen one, I guess, sleeping? for about 5 minutes... He always comes around our house in the spring, along with a cute little female.

[EasternGirl]

Yeah...I see what you're saying. They are so unbelievably cute. The first, and only, time I saw one...I thought it was a bumblebee at first...it was just sitting there buzzing like a bee (well, flapping it's wings a mile a minute) and starring at me...and then I realized what it was. It was amazing!