The Nature Photography Thread

[RedSidedSPR]

[guidofatherof5]

Awesome,
Argiope aurantia (Black and Yellow Garden Spider)

[ConcinusMan]

After one of the warmest, driest winters on record and the driest, warmest January ever recorded (the entire west is in a severe drought) here, the northwest got slammed by a winter storm yesterday. Blizzard conditions, 8 inches of fine powder snow, low 20's, and wind up to 40mph. several more inches fell today. It was just 3 days ago it was sunny and nearly 60 F. Garter snakes were out and some friends spotted California Mt. king snakes out in the gorge 60 miles east of me. (Klickitat county, WA) Just 3 days later we're in a deep freeze. Most significant winter storm in 5 years. Lots of vehicle accidents, a 28 car pileup on I-5, several deaths and lots of cases of frostbite due to the brutal wind chill factor. And it's not over yet. More snow and possibly several inches of ice/freezing rain coming tomorrow. I'm going to kill that pesky groundhog! Stay warm my friends!

[guidofatherof5]

Sounds like you need the moister.

[ConcinusMan]

That's just it. There's hardly any moisture in it. What we really need is about 25 more feet of high water content snow pack in the mountains but we are that far behind and running out of time to make it up. Heavy snow showers today. Inches more accumulation, bit it's just above freezing so it's heavy, moist snow this time. But if we don't get at least 20 feet in the mountains in the next few weeks, we are going to be on city water rationing this summer.

[RedSidedSPR]

[RedSidedSPR]

then it snowed some more..

[guidofatherof5]

60° today, snow by the end of the week. Typical Iowa winter weather.

[guidofatherof5]

Check out this mutant Robin that was in my front yard.

[Mommy2many]

My kids are disappointed that he isn't covered in "foam" and "green stuff". They wanted to know what makes him mutant...