PAR4DCR, I am always impressed with how many UHH members response from different states across the country.

AviRoad, Thanks for your post.

Earnest Botello, Thanks for your review.

UTMike, Always good to hear from Utah. Thanks for your review.

Curmudgeon, Your thoughts are appreciated.

joecichjr, Your review made my day. Thanks!

Another day of repeated luck on my walk in a wetlands. I suspect it was my first zoology professor in college, who launched many of his students into deeper appreciation of invertebrates than mere taxonomy, dissections, food, and bait. At any rate, I thought of a couple of my profs when I took these photos. The first photo is the female as she attempts to defend herself. The next two images are a ventral photo of the female crayfish (crawdad). The larvae are distinctive as they attach to the female’s gills. The fourth photo is focused on a larva as it compares to a claw of the female. As an aside, upon completion of my project, I released the crayfish back into the wetlands.

coj, Think the Painted Bunting (male) is the best image of the bird I have ever seen.

hobie 33, Thanks for your post. No. 1 of the bull is my favorite.

kpmac, Thanks for your response. You have to admit moles have some impressive anatomy.

On occasion, I have some luck on one of my walks in finding an interesting mammal specimen to photograph. These images are from a dead Eastern mole I found dead along a trail. The specimen was fresh enough its stomach fur had not begun to fall out. As best I could tell the mole had been killed by something like a talon through the top of its head. Any rate, I have always appreciated the complexity of the body form and natural history of a mole.

Photolady2014, Thanks for your post. There are a bunch of smiles in these. No. 3 is my favorite.

Dan Thornton, Your Whooping Crane flight photo may be the best action imagine of the birds I have ever seen. Thanks for your efforts and skill.

tcthome, Good to see a review from NJ. Thanks.

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UTMike, Thanks for your response. Hope all is well in UT.