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Red-tailed hawk

More Pond Life, August 2006

Just wandering around outside, chased a few turtles without much success, but luckily found some other interesting wildlife...
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you should see an image here Not sure what kind of flower these are.
you should see an image here I don't know the species of the wasp or of the flower.
you should see an image here Here you can see the irridescent blue sheen of the wasp's wings.
you should see an image here This is actually a different wasp of the same species - this one wasn't as large or as blue.
you should see an image here I took several snaps of the wasp as it presented different angles while crawling over the flower.
you should see an image here This one shows the most detail of the wasp's head.
you should see an image here This one shows the wing very clearly.
you should see an image here But this one is my overall favorite.
you should see an image here It took a lot of crawling along a wet and slippery log to get this leaf-obstructed view of a large turtle.
you should see an image here There's something in a tree, and it's looking at me!
you should see an image here So that's what it is: a red-tailed hawk.
you should see an image here The hawk finds me boring? It's yawning.
you should see an image here One more shot of the hawk.
you should see an image here Close-up of a dragonfly.
you should see an image here A glimpse of a Green Heron through the cattails.
you should see an image here Another shot of the heron.
you should see an image here Close-up of a flower.
you should see an image here A different dragonfly.
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