F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 250.
Northern Pintail Duck
What did the salad say to the fridge?
Shut the door, I’m dressing!
Interesting Fact: Seemingly at home on land and water, Northern Pintails waddle through fields and swim gracefully with the tail pointed upwards. They erupt in flight from the water’s surface at a moment’s notice, wheeling and darting through the air on their slender wings. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Pintail/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/250, ISO 1600.
Ring-Necked Pheasant
How do snowmen get around?
They ride an icicle!
Interesting Fact: Male Ring-necked Pheasants may harass other ground-nesting birds, such as the Gray Partridge and the Greater Prairie-Chicken. Female pheasants sometimes lay their own eggs in these birds’ nests. This may explain why some male pheasants have been seen chasing away male prairie-chickens and courting females—the pheasants may have been raised in prairie-chicken nests and imprinted on the wrong species. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ring-necked_Pheasant# )
F/5.0, 1/60, ISO 320.
Happy Halloween!
What does a skeleton orders at a restaurant?
Spare ribs!!!
Interesting Fact: Today’s Halloween customs are thought to have been influenced by folk customs and beliefs from the Celtic-speaking countries, some of which are believed to have pagan roots.[35][36]Jack Santino, a folklorist, writes that “there was throughout Ireland an uneasy truce existing between customs and beliefs associated with Christianity and those associated with religions that were Irish before Christianity arrived”.[37] Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while “some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain, which comes from the Old Irish for “summer’s end”. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween#History )
F/4.5, 1/30, ISO 640.
PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo (“PhotoPlus“)
What do you call a bee trying to make up its mind?
A maybe
Interesting Fact: PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo (“PhotoPlus”) is an annual event held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. Designed for professional and advanced amateur photographers, Photoplus displays recent advances in photography through a variety of exhibitions as well as photography and digital design seminars. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoplus )
F/5,6, 1/400, ISO 125.
Tree Swallow
How do you make a water bed more bouncy?
Use spring water.
Interesting Fact: The Tree Swallow—which is most often seen in open, treeless areas—gets its name from its habit of nesting in tree cavities. They also take readily to nest boxes. ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/tree_swallow/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/640, ISO 7200.
Pied-Billed Grebe
Why do sharks make terrible lawyers?
They’re too nice!
Interesting Fact: Pied-billed Grebe chicks typically leave the nest the first day after hatching and spend much of their first week riding around on a parent’s back. They usually spend most of their first 3 weeks on or near the nest platform. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pied-Billed_Grebe )
F/6.3, 1/160, ISO 160.
Green Heron
What is a sharks favorite sci-fi show?
Shark Trek
Interesting Fact: Each breeding season, Green Herons pair up with one mate apiece, performing courtship displays that include stretching their necks, snapping their bills, flying with exaggerated flaps, and calling loudly. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Green_Heron/lifehistory )
F/7.1, 1/200, ISO 640.
Garden Gnome
One time a man was driving on the road when he got stopped by a gnome with red clothes.
The gnome said” I’m a red gnome and I want a strawberry”. The man gave him a strawberry and went on his business.
Later he got stopped by a gnome with yellow clothes.
The gnome said:” I’m a yellow gnome and I want a banana”. The man, slightly annoyed, gave him a banana and continued to drive.
He then got stopped by a gnome with blue clothes.
The man, now pissed, said to him:” Let me guess, you’re a blue gnome and you want a blueberry”
The blue gnome then said:” sir, please step out of the car”
Interesting Fact: In ancient Rome, small stone statues depicting the Greco-Roman fertility god Priapus, also the protector of floors, were frequently placed in Roman gardens.[1][2][3] Gnomes as magical creatures were first described during the Renaissance period by Swiss alchemist Paracelsus as “diminutive figures two spans in height who did not like to mix with humans”.[4] During this period, stone “grotesques“, which were typically garishly painted, 1-metre-tall (3.3 ft) figurines, were commonly placed in the gardens of the wealthy.[5] Among the figures depicted were gobbi (Italian for hunchbacks). In particular, Jacques Callot produced 21 versions of gobbi, which he engraved and printed in 1616. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_gnome#History )
F/5.6, 1/500, ISO200.
Osprey
What does the man in the moon do when his hair gets too long?
Eclipse it!
Interesting Fact: Ospreys hunt by diving to the water’s surface from some 30 to 100 feet (9 to 30 meters) up. They have gripping pads on their feet to help them pluck fish from the water with their curved claws and carry them for great distances. In flight, ospreys will orient the fish headfirst to ease wind resistance. ( https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/o/osprey/ )
F/6.3, 1/80, ISO 500.
Eastern Screech-Owl
Why did the Owl invite his friends over?
He didn’t want to be owl by himself.
Interesting Fact: Like most raptors, male Eastern Screech-Owls are smaller than females, and are more agile fliers and hunters. The female doesn’t hunt while on the nest; she and the chicks depend on food brought them by the male. Though the male is smaller, his voice is deeper than the female’s. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Screech-Owl/ )
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