Uploads from Wils 888, tagged edison

wild New Jersey

nobody@flickr.com (Wils 888) — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 09:40:10 -0800

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Great Blue Heron in Lake Papaianni Edison, NJ

dancing Mockingbird

nobody@flickr.com (Wils 888) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:39:52 -0700

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dancing Mockingbird
From Wikipedia: Mockingbirds are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession.
From birdwatchersgeneralstore: Mockingbirds are extremely territorial anytime of the year. Whenever one mocker tries to invade another bird's territory, there's going to be trouble. They spread their wings and dance around the edges of their territories. [ Explore 18 March 2011 ]

Happy 2011

nobody@flickr.com (Wils 888) — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 07:42:00 -0800

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Dendrobium orchids. The name comes from the Greek words dendron ("tree") and bios ("life"); it means "one who lives on trees", or "epiphyte".

impressionist reflections

nobody@flickr.com (Wils 888) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:31:54 -0700

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View Large On Black
Have a fantastic week !!!

fly free

nobody@flickr.com (Wils 888) — Sun, 30 May 2010 08:32:07 -0700

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View large on black.
A very pleasant surprise for me to see a wild Great Blue Heron in our neck of the woods.

mom & ling

nobody@flickr.com (Wils 888) — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:30:01 -0700

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Best viewed large on black.
mother goose and her gosling

mosquito , bee or both ???

nobody@flickr.com (Wils 888) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:27:51 -0700

Wils 888 posted a photo:

Found this insect in my friend's backyard ( Edison , New Jersey USA ) but we don't know what kind of insect it is. Is this insect a mutation perhaps? It's about an inch long.
HGGT!!!
** Explore June 18, 2009 #76 Thank you so much my friends! **

Some said that this could be a hover fly or a robber fly.

lunch time

nobody@flickr.com (Wils 888) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:05:38 -0800

Wils 888 posted a photo:

Great Blue Heron with a sunfish.

Great Egret

nobody@flickr.com (Wils 888) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:02:25 -0800

Wils 888 posted a photo:

also know as Great White Egret, Common Egret, Large Egret or Great White Heron

TGIF my friends!!!

Who's the boss?

nobody@flickr.com (Wils 888) — Fri, 20 May 2011 11:07:32 -0700

Wils 888 posted a photo:

A big heron intimidating a small gull. ;))

From Wikipedia: The Great Blue Heron is the largest North American heron, with a head-to-tail length of 91–140 cm (36–55 in), a wingspan of 167–201 cm (66–79 in), and a weight of 2–3.6 kg (4.4-8 lbs). Notable features include slaty flight feathers, red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks; the neck is rusty-gray, with black and white streaking down the front; the head is paler, with a nearly white face, and a pair of black plumes running from just above the eye to the back of the head. The feathers on the lower neck are long and plume-like; it also has plumes on the lower back at the start of the breeding season. The bill is dull yellowish, becoming orange briefly at the start of the breeding season, and the lower legs gray, also becoming orangey at the start of the breeding season. Immature birds are duller in color, with a dull blackish-gray crown, and the flank pattern only weakly defined; they have no plumes, and the bill is dull gray-yellow.