A Lorquin’s Admiral lands on a sunny leaf where it appears to be soaking in the warm sun rays.Lorquin Admirals often perch high in trees, spreading their wings to sun themselves. From these perches, the males are also territorial and often dash out after other butterflies, returning to their favorite perches between battles.
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“PHOTO INFORMATION”Taken on August 5/12 at 5:03pm in own yard, on south east Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada.Camera Canon EF 100-400mm L IS USM lensTripod, Manfrotto, including 498RC2 ballheadTaken at, 1/500’s at f/10, 400mm, iso 640, manual white bal.Fully edited in Lightroom 4.2, no cropping.
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On the first day of spring, I enjoy watching a small Red Squirrel sitting on a moss covered branch feeding on Fir cone seeds.
“ABOUT RED SQUIRRELS”
Red Squirrels can be seen in Canada, (except for the far northern arctic areas),Alaska, the North east United States, Appalachian States and Rocky Mountains.
Red Squirrels are 28cm- 35 cm including their tail and their tail length is 10 cm- 15 cm long.
They weigh 140 g -250 g and the average weight is 200 Grams.
Red Squirrels eat a wide range of foods that include fruit, seeds, nuts, bark, fungi, buds, and insects. They will occasionally eat birds eggs and young birds and even mice. Their most preferred food is conifer seeds, like the one shown.
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Taken on March 19/11 at 10:55am on the south West side of Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada.
Camera; 7D
Lens; Canon 100-400 IS USM L lens.
Tripod; Manfrotto, including 498RC2 Ball head.
Taken at; 1/80’s at f/5.6, 400 mm, man wht bal, iso 800.
Slight sharpening, no cropping.
Subject distance; 3.8 m (12.5 ft).
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During the fall months, large rafts of California Sea Lions, both adult and juvenile males migrate from their breeding grounds along the coast of California to up north as far as the Alaska panhandle. The females
stay put and or travel south as far as Mexico.
Shown are a few of many in rafts that were swimming back and forth following the rocky shoreline on the mid east of Vancouver Island. The Sea Lions were feeding on schools of Herring. It was so cool to watch them swimming back in forth in large groups and listening to some of them barking, like the ones shown.
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Taken on Feb 5/12 at 12:58pm at Beachcomber Beach on mid east Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada.
Camera, Canon 7D
Lens, Canon EF 100-400 L IS USM lens.
Tripod, Manfrotto, including 498RC2 ballhead.
Taken at, 1/800's at f/7.1, +1/2/3 ev, 400mm, iso 800 man white bal.
No cropping, shadow/highlights adjustment in CS2, used both Topaz adjust and Simplify to enhance detailing. Sharpened in CS2 via lab mode, lightness channel, unsharp mask ( amount 35, radius 2 Threshold 2).
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A female Common Merganser preens her feathers in the shallow waters of a fresh water lake. Females like the one shown sport rusty brown heads with a short ragged crest. The males sport an iridescent greenish black head, and neck.
Common Mergansers are large slender diving ducks with long orange beaks that have toothy like projections along the edges that help it hold onto slippery fish. Besides fish, Common Mergansers also feed on insects, mollusks, worms, crustaceans, birds, plants and small mammals. They can be seen diving under the water to catch prey.
Common Mergansers prefer fresh water all year round. They breed in deep, clear, forested lakes, rivers and reservoirs, including bays, coastal estuaries, and harbors. During the winters they frequent salt-water habitats of some areas. Late in the fall and early in the spring, they migrate short to medium distances in small groups, though adult males seem to winter farther north than females and juvenile birds. The post-breeding molt migration of males is not well understood, but it is thought that they migrate to large lakes, bays, and rivers to forested areas of Europe, northern and central Asia, and North America.
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Taken on Mon, Jan 2/ 2012 at 3:23pm on south east Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada.
Camera, Canon 7D
Lens, Canon EF 100-400 L IS USM lens.
Tripod, Manfrotto, including 498RC2 ballhead.
No cropping.
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The species of wild Roses shown are called Rosa nutkana ( Nootka Rose, Bristly rose, wild rose) is a perennial shrub that grows from 60 cm-3m (2ft-10ft) tall.This species name “nootka” comes from the Nootka Sound of Vancouver Island ( photo taken), where it was first described. This plant is native to western North America. There are two varieties; hispida grows in the intermountain West, from east of the Cascades to the Rocky Mountains, and the nutkana grows in the coastal areas from Alaska to California, east to the Cascades.The 5-8 cm (2-3in) flowers occur singly or may appear in groups of two or three. The flowers appear in early summer and can have a pleasantly strong fragrance. The Nootka rose grows in a wide variety of habitats, from sea level to mid elevations. It needs sun but will tolerate some shade, often growing along forest edges. Nootka Rose thickets provide habitat and food for birds and small wildlife. Deer browse the flowers, young stems and hips.
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" PHOTO INFORMATION"Taken on south Vancouver Island on July 5/12 at 10:54 am on south Vancouver Island, BC, CanadaCamera, Canon 7DLens, Canon EF 100-400 L IS USM lens.Tripod, Manfrotto, including 498RC2 ball head.Taken at 1/640’s at f/8.0, + 1/3 ev, 390 mm, man white bal, iso 200. Cropped over 1/4 on left side and slightly along bottom. slight histogram adjustment, slight dark edge vignette, slight sharpening via lab mode, lightness channel.
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