Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly in Florida. Gets its name due its voracious appetite for other insects caught on the wing after launching from hunting perches.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Forest Mouse at Night
Strictly nocturnal, this hyperactive mouse lives in the deep forest and has found food left for the Flying Squirrels and makes fast dashes for food when the squirrels aren't there - rarely lingering in the open as it is on the low end of the food chain. The exact species of mouse is unclear as even generic house mice live in forests. The nighttime sounds of the forest echo in the background.
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Wild Strawberries in the Yard
Wild Strawberry growing wild in the "yard". A result of an experiment of not cutting the grass on a portion of a hillside in the Great Smoky Mountains from October to early June. Partly out of frugality and partly the desire for a wild natural yard - manicured perfect yards just seem out of place in some settings. The result - wild strawberries, dense stabilizing ground cover and lots of insects for the birds and small mammals to eat. You can see a few crawling in the video. Might not work everywhere, but simply just not cutting a portion of the yard for a lengthy amount of time is a worthy experiment.
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Monday, June 9, 2014
Robin Hovers - Like A Hummingbird
An American Robin hovers like a hummingbird? OK - maybe not "hummingbird-like", but this rather rotund Robin has developed a taste for suet and is determined to defy gravity to get it. First trying to hover its not-so-aerodynamic bird frame at great expense of energy and then gradually learning it is to better imitate a woodpecker by using its tail for a brace and flapping wings while holding on and then ultimately learning to properly grasp the suet feeder and consume massive amounts of greasy food almost like a professional woodpecker - which by the way - it has a habit of scaring off now! Rare for Robins to display such personality and pluck among the other birds that rule the trees!
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Sunday, June 8, 2014
Clever Robin - Invents a New Move!
You wont believe the moves this American Robin comes up with to get a free suet meal. Highly original and clever, but a little lacking in grace, it finds just the right way to "shake it" to reach a meal. But soon that meal will be out of reach and it will need a new "move". In the next video it learns to hover "sort of like a hummingbird" !
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Mayfly Hatch in Small Mountain Stream
Night-vision trail camera catches a very small scale Mayfly Hatch over a small mountain stream in the Great Smoky Mountains. What looks like snow flurries flying into the camera lights are newly hatched Mayflies.
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Friday, June 6, 2014
Blue Jay Catches Anole Lizard
A Blue Jay catches an Anole Lizard and stuffs it in the crevice of a tree branch to eat later as is their custom. Blue Jays may be common, but they are fascinating and intelligent birds and among the best hunters of the Backyard. No sound as I took this video through a window.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Bears Amazing Sense of Smell !
A Demonstration of Bears Amazing Sense of Smell! This beautiful mother Black Bear with three cubs visited the exact same location three different times which provides an excellent example of a bears sense of smell - 7 times better than a bloodhounds and perhaps the best in the world. On the first visit there is birdseed inside a sealed plastic "coffee can" inside the deck box. She readily smells it and deftly flips open the lid with her nose like a pro. After I saw this the deck box was cleaned and kept empty. The next two visits she sniffs the box and can instantly tell there is nothing to eat in there and quickly moves on - even though she could easily flip it open as before to verify - based on scent alone she knows its empty and moves on. Note that the cubs were fascinated by the smell of my sandals as well :-)
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Great Crested Flycatcher Nest Box Selection Documentary
Mini- Documentary about a pair of Great Crested Flycatchers inspecting two owl nest boxes and a woodpecker nest box before deciding where to build their nest and raise their family. Watch as this fascinating Great Crested Flycatcher couple go house hunting in a buyers market - its all about location, location, location! Also note the importance of placing a post for perching in the open near the nest box - birds really like this feature for ease of access, hunting and security.
Note: The nest box camera failed due to a lightning strike, but four of the five eggs hatched and four baby flycatchers successfully fledged during the fourth week of May!
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Relaxing Nature Meditation - Rabbit in the Rain ...
Listen to 18 minutes of thunder, rain and bird songs as a Cottontail Rabbit rides out a storm in its favorite spot under a small arborvitae tree where it has made a dirt patch. Just listen to the thunder, rain and bird songs or concentrate on the Rabbits rhythmic breathing - it's a nose breather as one might imagine. As the storm passes the birds begin to sing again and the rabbit shakes off the water and is hungry. The ebb and flow of Nature!
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