Peru 2015 - Stork

Well, how did you think storks built their nests? It’s not like they’re on eBay or anything.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Squirrel in the snow

I’m half way through my first pass at the photos I took in the snow today and had to share this one early.

If I hadn’t decided to brave the elements, I would not have gotten this shot.

If I hadn’t practiced with that camera on so many shoots, I wouldn’t have been able to spin around in time to get the shot.

If I hadn’t have been lucky, I wouldn’t have gotten this shot.

Sometimes, it all comes together.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)

According to Wikipedia, this bird is known as the hamerkop, hammerkop, hammerkopf, hammerhead, hammerhead stork, or anvilhead.

This means that almost everyone who looks at this guy thinks “wow he sure does look like a hammer”, but there was at least one natural historian out there who was entirely contrarian.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Hummingbird

Sometimes you can’t come up with a good joke, even after looking at the photo for several minutes.

Q: Why is a hummingbird small, brightly coloured, and feathery?

A: Because if it were large, grey, and wrinkly, it would be an elephant.

Fortunately, bad jokes abound.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.