Alchemist wrote:

ripper!  I love kites. We have a couple of red kites flying around here. Great shot!

This Black Swallowtail 'pillar was just plucked off my parsley patch barely two weeks ago, put in a jar on my kitchen windowsill and immediately cocooned. Emerged in barely 12 days. I've had late summer cocoons last through the entire winter til spring.  This the shortest I've ever witnessed. Will never stop being amazed at this process.

 fractalv wrote:

Love Flying Foxes!!  I assumed all bats were nocturnal; didn't realize fruit eaters didn't need night stealth like the bug eaters here in TX. 

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:


We saw a large colony of the Flying Foxes in Adelaide this year. They are somewhat active during the day and they are noisy!

 Isabeau wrote:

Fruit bats flying in the domain in the middle of Sydney in broad daylight. Hard not to see them!! AND they make a racket.

 fractalv wrote:

 fractalv wrote:

Fascinating bird!

 Isabeau wrote:


I believe so. Saw it in the Everglades in Florida.

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

  Not much light when bats are flying. Good shot!

 fractalv wrote:


 Osprey?

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: 
Love this!

or imagined wings?

 (all old stuff I've probably posted here before .. I'll try to get out more, honest)

what about stealth?