Weekly challenge #75 - Native animals - Winner announced in 1st post.

[Garth]

Boy what a hard job trying to pick out just one!. IMO, they're all winners. Some of the best pics I've seen for a long time.

As there can only be officially one winner, I picked lablover's dragon fly. That one stood out for me because of the intricate detail from the wings to the finest feelers on the head. Great shot!.

Congrats lablover.

Dragonfly


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Let's see some of the native wildlife from your part of the world. It can be an animal, bird, insect or fish, it doesn't matter as long as you took the photo.

This one is a Swamp Wallaby. They're native to the east coast of Australia. I snapped this guy / girl? in the animal reserve in one of my local parks.

[imported_eastcoastmom]

Toad in the back yard



Duck



Sheep



Peacock

[Felix]

Just pick one

[sarah]

here are my entries:





Koala hanging around in a tree on the side of the road in Victoria


Whales in Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef


Butterflies in QLD:

[imported_eastcoastmom]

I LOVE the deer photos, ao misty and beautiful

[Linda1]

In Western Pa., we have lots of wildlife. My problem is that I take the dogs out with me when walking and they seem to scare off all my photo opportunities! I might try to sit in the back field in the pickup if weather cooperates this evening. We have fox, coyote, turkey, bear, deer just to name a few on our property. Till then, I'll post these oldies.

Black bear taken right outside my kitchen window. He was eating the suet and birdseed I put out for the birds.


We have bats in the church daily. I've lost my fear of them and scoop the up in a dustpan and throw them outside. This guy didn't want to cooperate.


I think this is some kind of hawk?

[Shane23]

Linda, the pic of the bat is amazing!

[Shane23]

Here are my four pictures:

Downy Woodpecker


Bald Eagle


Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly


Red Admiral Butterfly

[Kate3jays]

Linda, all of your pics are amazing but the bat one...wow.

Their teeth would give a nasty bite judging by the set he has wouldn't they?

[Anne]

We have all sorts of native wildlife nearby, none of which have I ever had the chance to photograph!

A pair of mating loons:


Hummingbird, visiting my garden: