The Nature Photography Thread

[norcalj]

Here are some tetrataenia pics that I couldn't fit into the 1st post.SAM_0229.jpgSAM_0232.jpg

[ConcinusMan]

That quote preceded the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon, a bird that once formed colonies of hundreds of millions (if not billions), and the population explosion of the European Starling, and the DDT disaster of the mid-20th century.

Good point, which brings up another. Surely by 1903, Dawson would have been aware that passenger pigeons were in severe trouble and yet he made that statement.

[Stefan-A]

Good point, which brings up another. Surely by 1903, Dawson would have been aware that passenger pigeons were in severe trouble and yet he made that statement.

Not necessarily.

[infernalis]

Drought 2012.

My creek before..



What it looks like now in the same spot.. (we relocated the remaining surviving fish to a place with water.)



Looking up the creek.

[RedSidedSPR]

Not cool..

[EasternGirl]

That sucks...glad you relocated the fish.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Rana temporaria Common frogSDC16000.jpg

[ConcinusMan]

Not necessarily.

Seems like he would have known. By 1899 they were virtually extinct in the wild. How could one miss that?

[ConcinusMan]

Drought 2012.

My creek before..



What it looks like now in the same spot.. (we relocated the remaining surviving fish to a place with water.)



Looking up the creek.

Wow. I wonder where the poor snapping turtle went?

[RedSidedSPR]

The rest of the pictures didn't upload for some reason but those were the most picture-worthy at a really boring petting zoo











Closeup to avoid the annoying hindrance of people's heads...