F/5.6, 1/250, ISO 400
White-Tailed Deer
What is it called when a tree takes time off from work in autumn?
Paid leaf.
Interesting Fact: Deer have a great sense of hearing and can even move their ears in any direction, without moving the head. Deer have an excellent sense of smell and can detect predators from a long distance away.
F/8.0, 1/250, ISO 400.
Northern Flicker
What can you hold without ever touching it?
A conversation.
Interesting Fact: The red-shafted and yellow-shafted forms of the Northern Flicker formerly were considered different species. The two forms hybridize extensively in a wide zone from Alaska to the panhandle of Texas. A hybrid often has some traits from each of the two forms and some traits that are intermediate between them. The Red-shafted Flicker also hybridizes with the Gilded Flicker, but less frequently. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Flicker )
F/8.0, 1/250, ISO 250.
Butterfly
What do Butterfly learn at school?
Mothmatics !
Interesting Fact: Butterflies are often polymorphic, and many species make use of camouflage, mimicry and aposematism to evade their predators. Some, like the monarch and the painted lady, migrate over long distances. Many butterflies are attacked by parasites or parasitoids, including wasps, protozoans, flies, and other invertebrates, or are preyed upon by other organisms. Some species are pests because in their larval stages they can damage domestic crops or trees; other species are agents of pollination of some plants. Larvae of a few butterflies (e.g., harvesters) eat harmful insects, and a few are predators of ants, while others live as mutualists in association with ants. Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly )
F/13.0, 1/640, ISO 320.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Where do you learn how to make ice cream?
Sundae School
Interesting Fact: The Ruby-throated Hummingbird beats its wings about 53 times a second. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-throated_Hummingbird )
F/8.0, 1/250, ISO 400.
Northern Flicker
What do you call a bear with no socks on?
Bare-foot.
Interesting Fact: Northern Flickers generally nest in holes in trees like other woodpeckers. Occasionally, they’ve been found nesting in old, earthen burrows vacated by Belted Kingfishers or Bank Swallows. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Flicker )
F/7.1, 1/200, ISO 200.
Dragonfly
What do you get when you cross a parrot with a shark?
An animal that talks your head off.
Interesting Fact: Old and unreliable claims are made that dragonflies such as the southern giant darner can fly up to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h).[50] However, the greatest reliable flight speed records are for other types of insects.[51] In general, large dragonflies like the hawkers have a maximum speed of 10–15 metres per second (22–34 mph) with average cruising speed of about 4.5 metres per second (10 mph).[52] Dragonflies can fly at 100 body-lengths per second, and three lengths per second backwards. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly#Flight )
F/10.0, 1/400, ISO 250.
Marsh Wren
What animal has the best sense of time?
A Watchdog!
Interesting Fact: The secret life of the Marsh Wren plays out under the cover of reeds. Here, males routinely mate with 2 or more females and build at least 6 dummy nests for every female they mate with. One male built 22 nests on his territory. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Marsh_Wren )
F/9.0, 1/320, ISO 250.
Semipalmated Sandpipers
What never asks questions but receives a lot of answers?
The Telephone.
Interesting Fact: The oldest recorded Semipalmated Sandpiper was at least 14 years, 2 months old when it was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in New Brunswick. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Semipalmated_Sandpiper/overview )
F/7.1, 1/200, ISO 250.
Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
What do rabbits say before they eat?
Lettuce pray.
Interesting Fact: Females give birth in shallow ground nests, to young so helpless that perhaps only 15 percent survive their first year. Fortunately, rabbits breed three or four times every year and produce three to eight young each time. ( https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/e/eastern-cottontail-rabbit/ )
F/6.3, 1/60, ISO 320.
Gray Catbird
Why did the computer break up with the internet?
There was no “Connection”.
Interesting Fact: The Gray Catbird’s long song may last for up to 10 minutes. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gray_Catbird )
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