Camera Critters - Dinner time

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Moving in for a bite...

Yummm... good stuff!

Okay, got seconds?

I was able to get a nice series of shots when this little lady paid us a visit earlier this week. I was surprised she got so close - she must have been really hungry. Had it not been for the rickety ol' fence, I'm sure she would have been in our backyard munching on my azaleas!

Camera Critters - Chubby Robin

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Sitting at my computer as I do, I have a pretty good view of our back yard, and so see a good many various critters flitting, creeping, or flying about.

This handsome fellow came for a visit and very nicely hung around long enough for me to catch these shots of him from inside using the zoom.

Right before he flew away, he flew up on the bench and ruffled his feathers in preparation for take off.

Camera Critters - Balancing Act

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I caught these shots a couple of weeks ago of one of the stray beasties who hangs around our yard. I think it's trying for a better vantage point to survey the squirrels it chases.

Camera Critters - Groundhog Crossing

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We've had at least one resident groundhog hanging around for years. This day it was ambling across the yard to an auxiliary burrow entrance (in my azalea bed!) when a stray cat went into hunt/stalking mode. The groundhog reached safety and the cat sat staring at the hole until it got bored with the whole thing and went off to chase butterflies.

Camera Critters: Sleepy ducks

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These little fellas caught my eye as we strolled along Carroll Creek park promenade the other day. (As part of a flood-control project, the creek runs in a waist-deep, manmade concrete channel.) I thought snoozing ducks would make a cool photo, but as I was taking the picture, the scene really got funny.

With heads tucked in, they'd drift for a minute or so until the movement of the water brought them to the edge. Then, they'd poke their heads up, paddle back to the middle, get all tucked in again, and drift back over to the edge. I can't count how many times they did this, over and over again, and I don't see how they got much rest since the whole process took about two minutes, but it sure was fun to watch. :)