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just takable

atricapillus — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:31:59 +0000

by: atricapillus

Description: sunset in Colima, Mexico

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Earth Burp

atricapillus — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:29:01 +0000

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Description: One of our planet's more active volcanos--Volcan de Colima, Mexico.

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Calm but formidable

atricapillus — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:43:13 +0000

by: atricapillus

Description: This Timber Rattlesnake, although appearing formidable, is one of the more docile of its group. Had opportunity for portrait.

dragon in neon

atricapillus — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:08:33 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: This neon skimmer was an attention getter.

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a little contrast

atricapillus — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:55:01 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: A large clouded sulphur coming into a potted plant became composable.

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blue dasher

atricapillus — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:18:19 +0100

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Description: looked like nice reflection off this male dasher.

slaty skimmer

atricapillus — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:13:53 +0100

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Description: high contrast odonate

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Viceroy

atricapillus — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:11:22 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Just a simple photo. This species is a palatable mimic to a noxious form--the Monarch.

Orange Sulphur

atricapillus — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:08:09 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: probably eye-balling me as I took the pic.

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questionmark

atricapillus — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:04:41 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Named for an obscure fractured whitish mark on the underwing.

wall mural in Colony, Oklahoma

atricapillus — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:55:33 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Dating an early settlement (trading post) in w. Oklahoma, is this mural in Colony, a small town that lies along a wooded stream on otherwise open plains.

pistils N stamens

atricapillus — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:48:51 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: This close-in on a recently-blooming barrel cactus, getting ready to attract its hoard of beetle pollinators, leaves an impression of starfish mouthparts.

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house on the prairie

atricapillus — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:42:51 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: The rains of May can bring out the best in Indian Paint Brush, the carpet of red flowers, and blanket the grasslands. Couldn't resist.

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a little mite mascara

atricapillus — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:40:00 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Some lizards can brighten their skin with all sorts of colors. The red in the eyelid of this Sceloporus lizard, however, happens to be a few mites. A few more are near its armpit.

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babyface

atricapillus — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:31:32 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Didn't want to disturb the dew on the grass. The flattened labials suggest the babyface perception. This is a western diamondback rattlesnake, one made more docile on a full stomach from its nightime forays.

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Driven

atricapillus — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:24:23 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: In the quest for the continuity of nucleic acid strings, one could be amusingly anthropomorphic about the natural instincts of these orange bluets.

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High Plains drifters

atricapillus — Tue, 22 May 2007 06:52:52 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Pronghorn antelope on the short-grass plains of the Oklahoma Panhandle, USA.

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ugly bird silhouette

atricapillus — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:19:02 +0100

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Description: Not an especially pretty bird, this groove-billed ani made more interesting and showing some color (and molt) in wing feathers.

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clear-winged butterfly

atricapillus — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:13:50 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: This beauty was common in some remnant cloud forest of the foothills of Veracruz, Mexico

Argiope scrawl

atricapillus — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:15:17 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: This orb weaver presented itself during my wanderings this morning.

checkered setwing

atricapillus — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:50:55 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Perched along the edge of a drying pond.

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bluebells

atricapillus — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:55:26 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Bluebells along pond edge brightening a hot Texas landscape of mesquite and prickly pear.

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distant climbers

atricapillus — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:37:04 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Hikers in distance below peak of Mt. Shavano, Colorado.

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from Shavano peak

atricapillus — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:30:33 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: View from the near the summit of Mt. Shavano, CO. Peaks to the west.

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attractive copperhead

atricapillus — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:49:00 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Found this guy while clearing fallen branches off a woods road.

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bite my back, honey

atricapillus — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:12:52 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Beetles pairing

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gnome suspended in mid-water

atricapillus — Sun, 21 May 2006 05:52:07 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: This plains spadefoot was chorusing from a strand of grass on a dark night after heavy thunderstorms. They are called gnomes of the night because they occur in dry areas and remain underground much of their life. They appear after heavy rains, and their eggs can develop through the tadpole stage and metamorphose to a land form (toad) in between 2-3 weeks.

tree frog in spring

atricapillus — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:57:43 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: After a May thunderstorm, part of the chorus was this gray/Cope's tree frog chorusing away

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Lizard on a hot rock

atricapillus — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:37:20 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Keeping the toes cool on a hot rock can make for some interesting exercises, as with this Collared Lizard (also called Mountain Boomer).

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A study in camouflage

atricapillus — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:15:42 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: This common poorwil blends in among the lichen covered rocks in the Wichita Mtns., Oklahoma.

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cactus blooming in sedum

atricapillus — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:44:56 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Attractive Echinocereus cactus blooming among the sedum.

great open spaces

atricapillus — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:26:18 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Out in the open short-grass plains of the Oklahoma panhandle

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chorusing toad

atricapillus — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:30:08 +0100

by: atricapillus

Description: Night in May, after a good thunderstorm in Oklahoma, frogs and toads emerged for their chorusing etc. Among them, this Great Plains Toad.

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