Brown Tree Frog

This little guy was sitting on a bamboo pole next to the sink in the bathroom at the place I was staying in Uvita, Costa Rica.

Two Yellow Throated Toucans

This was two of six or seven that landed in the tree across from where I’m staying at the Green Diamond in Uvita, Costa Rica.

White Ibis

I took this photo at the entrance to the mangrove swamp in the National Park Marino Ballena. It is about a mile from where I’m staying in Uvita, Costa Rica.

Igauana

I photographed this iguana sunning itself in a large fan palm. This seemed like a precarious position to be in. Taken in the yard of the Blue Diamond where I’m staying. Uvita, Costa Rica

Common Tody-Flycatcher: This uncommon flycatcher just caught a flying insect and was trying to sawallow it. It did so but with its back to me. I this bird from the second story at Le Diamante Vert where I’m staying.

Brown Tree Frog: This large 3″ tree frog was in the outdoor shower where I’m staying in Uvita, Costa Rica.

This 3’/1m iguana is missing its right front hand. It most have happend quite a while age since it has survived growing to this size. I photographed it in a tree next to where I’m staying in Uvita, Costa Rica.

Macaw in Flight

Big Cats Lick their Paws Too

Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, MA.

I’m Tired

A lion at the Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, MA

Cleaning my Tail

Giraffes take advantage of their long tongues. Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, MA.

dribble

After drinking water. Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, MA

Drinking Water

How does a giraffes get the water from it’s mouth to its stomach 10 or more feet away. According to the article, “How Do Giraffes Drink Water” in Inside Science. A biological plunger pump is used. “In the model proposed by the researchers, the giraffe’s lips form one valve of the “pump” while the animal’s epiglottis, located at the back of the mouth, is the other. To start, the giraffe sinks its puckered lips into the water and then pulls back its jaw, allowing water to rush into the mouth while keeping the epiglottis “valve” closed. Next, the giraffe clenches its lips, relaxes the epiglottis, and pumps its jaw so that the captured water is pushed into the esophagus.” Here is the link to the article: https://www.insidescience.org/news/how-do-giraffes-drink-water

King of the Lions

Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, MA

Crabbing #4

Seagull eating crab's leg
Even the crab’s leg is eaten. No cracking tool just straight down the throat. Salmon River Estuary, north of Lincoln City Oregon.

Crabbing #3

seagull eat crab
This seagull caught this crab and brought it to the rocky shore. It dropped it and began tearing the meat from the crab’s underside. I took this photo on the Salmon River Estuary north of Lincoln City, Oregon.

Crabbing (cont.)

Seagull holding crab
The seagull has landed and will begin eating the crab it caught earlier. I photographed this on the Salmon River Estuary, north of Lincoln City, Oregon.

Crabbing

Seagull flying with crab
The seagull just grabbed this crab and was flying to a dry spot to eat it. Salmon River Estuary north of Lincoln City Oregon.

Two Seals or its reflection

seals or a reflection
I took this photo on the Salmon River Estuary north of Lincoln City, Oregon.

Bringing a Small Fish Home

Osprey flying with fish to nest
The osprey parent is bringing a fish for its fledgling to practice carrying. The fish is small complete with its head. My last posting had the fledgling flying above the nest with the fish in its talons.
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