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Please show me your bling in nature!

Caressing cattail fluff after watching the nearby female Baltimore oriole foraging it for nesting material, cozy.

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Found the male.
The world of birds is so fantasizing, like another glorious world of natural gems, but with wings.

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@CMN @Eli22 So glad to see new blood, haha.

Guess who was the bully here?

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Night heron! It was pissed after missing a catch, then it forced out the snowy egret, and took the spot.

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@CMN keep them coming!
 
Now in transit back home. However @Neptune here are some more shots (sorry - bling not included).

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If this little guy was any bigger I may have freaked out.
 

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Carry on with the reptile topic...

I thought this softshell was just basking,
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Until...

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Didn't stay long to know if she indeed dug a good enough mound to lay her eggs. Maybe?

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At least 6 of them...? What are they, not lionfish?



Stork nest?



Makes me want to have a nice big green blue tourmaline, sigh!

7 fish. Not sure what they are, but not lion fish; this is in the Great Barrier Reef.

Osprey nest.
 
The absolutely comical Ruddy!

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I'm Too Sexy
by
Right Said Fred

"I'm too sexy for my shirt
Too sexy for my shirt
So sexy it hurts
And I'm too sexy for Milan
Too sexy for Milan
New York, and Japan
I'm too sexy for your party
Too sexy for your party
No way I'm disco dancing

I'm a model, you know what I mean
And I do my litte turn on the catwalk
Yeah, on the catwalk
On the catwalk, yeah
I do my little turn on the catwalk"

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She was not impressed...

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Camellia dream

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The absolutely comical Ruddy!

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I'm Too Sexy
by
Right Said Fred

"I'm too sexy for my shirt
Too sexy for my shirt
So sexy it hurts
And I'm too sexy for Milan
Too sexy for Milan
New York, and Japan
I'm too sexy for your party
Too sexy for your party
No way I'm disco dancing

I'm a model, you know what I mean
And I do my litte turn on the catwalk
Yeah, on the catwalk
On the catwalk, yeah
I do my little turn on the catwalk"

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She was not impressed...

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Camellia dream

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I love how she could care less!!! Hahaha. He is a cutie though :lol:
 
Glossy (?) ibis at a distance...

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Close up in good light, BOOM!

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Wild ones.

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Right? Haha! Here is a much better video of a horny Ruddy. Enjoy!


That was awesome!!! Especially the slow motion. What a handsome boy!!
 
A little blurry but literally “bling IN nature” :D

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7 fish. Not sure what they are, but not lion fish; this is in the Great Barrier Reef.

Osprey nest.

I was wondering if you were escaping our dreary winter!
 
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