F/6.0, 1/30, ISO 400.
Red Fox
What do you call a fox with a carrot in each ear?
Anything you want as he can’t hear you!
Interesting Fact: Red foxes are solitary hunters who feed on rodents, rabbits, birds, and other small gameābut their diet can be as flexible as their home habitat. Foxes will eat fruit and vegetables, fish, frogs, and even worms. If living among humans, foxes will opportunistically dine on garbage and pet food. ( http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/r/red-fox/ )
F/6.3, 1/125, ISO 640.
White-Tailed Deer
I give a dead battery away today…
Free of charge!
Interesting Fact: Males regrow their antlers every year. About one in 10,000 females also has antlers, although this is usually associated with freemartinism. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_deer )
F/6.3, 1/400, ISO 400.
Green-Winged Teal
How do you make a tissue dance?
Put a little boogie in it.
Interesting Fact: The Aleutian Islands of Alaska support their own race of Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca nimia. Unlike other Green-winged Teal populations, this race doesnāt migrate. In winter the birds move from summering sites on ponds and lakes to the islandsā beaches, where they forage in tide pools and on shallow-water reefs. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Green-winged_Teal/lifehistory )
F/8.0,1/250, ISO 400.
Northern Cardinal Male
Why did Scrooge keep a pet lamb?
Because it would say, āBaaaaahh humbug!ā
Interesting Fact: Look for Northern Cardinals in dense shrubby areas such as forest edges, overgrown fields, hedgerows, backyards, marshy thickets, mesquite, regrowing forest, and ornamental landscaping. Cardinals nest in dense foliage and look for conspicuous, fairly high perches for singing. Growth of towns and suburbs across eastern North America has helped the cardinal expand its range northward. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Cardinal/lifehistory )
F/8.0, 1/250, ISO 100.
Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays To All
Santa Claus Horseback Riding
What did the Christmas tree say to the ornament?
Quit hanging around!
Interesting Fact: In the Early Middle Ages, Christmas Day was overshadowed by Epiphany, which in western Christianity focused on the visit of the magi. But the medieval calendar was dominated by Christmas-related holidays. The forty days before Christmas became the “forty days of St. Martin” (which began on November 11, the feast of St. Martin of Tours), now known as Advent.[83] In Italy, former Saturnalian traditions were attached to Advent.[83] Around the 12th century, these traditions transferred again to the Twelve Days of Christmas (December 25 ā January 5); a time that appears in the liturgical calendars as Christmastide or Twelve Holy Days. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#History )
F/5.6, 1/100, ISO 320.
Happy Christmas Eve Everyone
Santa Claus
What do you call a kid who doesn’t believe in Santa?
A rebel without a Claus!
Interesting Fact: Santa Claus is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white-bearded manāsometimes with spectaclesāwearing a red coat with white fur collar and cuffs, white-fur-cuffed red trousers, red hat with white fur, and black leather belt and boots and carrying a bag full of gifts for children. This image became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” and of caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast.[2][3][4] This image has been maintained and reinforced through song, radio, television, children’s books, films, and advertising. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus )
F/9.0, 1/320, ISO 320.
Hooded Merganser
In School
Teacher: “If I gave you 2 cats and another 2 cats and another 2, how many would you have?”
Bob: “Seven.”
Teacher: “No, listen carefully… If I gave you two cats, and another two cats and another two, how many would you have?”
Bob: “Seven.”
Teacher: “Let me put it to you differently. If I gave you two apples, and another two apples and another two, how many would you have?”
Bob: “Six.”
Teacher: “Good. Now if I gave you two cats, and another two cats and another two, how many would you have?”
Bob: “Seven!”
Teacher: “Bob, where in the heck do you get seven from?!”
Bob: “Because I’ve already got a freaking cat!”
Interesting Fact: The Hooded Merganser is the second-smallest of the six living species of mergansers (only the Smew of Eurasia is smaller) and is the only one restricted to North America. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hooded_Merganser/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 220.
Brant Goose
What did the big flower say to the little one?
You’re really growing, bud!
Interesting Fact: The oldest recorded Brant was a female, and was over 27 years, 6 months old. It had been banded in Alaska and was found in Washington. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brant )
F/6.3, 1/800, ISO 800.
Rough-legged Hawk
Daughter: “Mom, where do tampons go?”
Mom: “Where the babies come from, darling.”
Daughter “In the stork?”
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Interesting Fact: The Rough-legged Hawkās cliffside nest, a bulky mass of sticks, sometimes contains caribou bones. Nesting pairs need a lot of space: usually only a single pair will nest on a quarter-mile-long cliff. However, the pair may nest within 100 feet of Gyrfalcons, Peregrine Falcons, or Common Ravens. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rough-legged_Hawk/lifehistory )
F/9.0, 1/250, ISO 160.
Ring-necked Duck
Why did the cookie go to the hospital?
He felt crummy!
Interesting Fact: Ring-necked Ducks feed by diving underwater, rather than by tipping up as ādabblingā ducks do. When diving, they leap forward in an arc to plunge underwater, and they swim using only their feet for propulsion. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ring-necked_Duck/lifehistory )
Through Open Lens 