Ferrara Wildlife Photography

Say’s Phoebe – A Say’s Phoebe’s Way

A Say’s Phoebe’s Way My name by the way hails from one Thomas Say A naturalist he from a past century Entomology his game and for me it’s the same For look at my beak it is “bugs” that I seek When I’m out on the fly I do more than get by From the air I do snatch many insects I catch Hover I will while making my kill Multi-tasking I seem while from plants I do glean One might just say it’s a Say’s Phoebe’s way The Say’s Phoebe is a member of the Flycatcher Family. ~ Poem and Say’s Phoebe capture, A Say’s Phoebe’s Way © Jerry L. Ferrara

Collecting Data Ears, eyes and nose are collecting data as the camera catches a White-tailed Deer in a vigilant pose. ~ White-tailed Deer capture, Collecting Data © Jerry L. Ferrara

Dining On Plant Lice A Pine Siskin is caught dining on plant lice. ~ Pine Siskin capture, Dining On Plant Lice © Jerry L. Ferrara

Cruising The Canopy A Bald Eagle is caught in the act of cruising the canopy, searching for a lofty spot to land. ~ Anecdote and Bald Eagle capture, Cruising The Canopy © Jerry L. Ferrara

Rapacious Waiting on the forest’s edge near a Sri Lankan backwater, a Grey-headed Fish Eagle eyeballs a potential meal in the nearby aqueous murk. It struck a rather rapacious pose. ~ Anecdote and Grey-headed Fish Eagle capture, Rapacious © Jerry L. Ferrara

Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Red-naped Sapsucker – Picidae

Picidae Five remarkable bird species of the Woodpecker family [Picidae] that have occupied our freehold at various times over the years: the Downy, Hairy and Pileated Woodpeckers as well as the Northern Flicker and Red-naped Sapsucker. ~ Anecdote and Woodpecker captures, Picidae © Jerry L. Ferrara

An Infrequent Debut A Pocket Gopher makes an infrequent debut above ground and in the process the fossorial creature shows off its four formidably-sized incisors. They are surprisingly effective tools in the rodent’s arsenal for digging through hard soil and dense subterranean vegetation like thick roots. The gopher’s teeth are probably good defensive and/or fighting weapons, too! ~ Anecdote and Pocket Gopher capture, An Infrequent Debut © Jerry L. Ferrara

Black-capped Chickadee and Red-breasted Nuthatch – It Took The Cake!

It Took The Cake! Here is an example of interspecific aggression and competition as a Black-capped Chickadee [right] displaces a Red-breasted Nuthatch [left] from a seed cake feeding station. In this spirited episode, the Chickadee was triumphant. It took the cake! ~ Anecdote and Black-capped Chickadee and Red-breasted Nuthatch captures, It Took The Cake! © Jerry L. Ferrara

A Meeting of the Minds So, during a ‘meeting of the minds’ there was much discussion. It was decidedly determined that the wrong species is in charge of the planet. ~ Anecdote and Asian Elephant capture, A Meeting of the Minds © Jerry L. Ferrara

Wait I Will Wait I will, in the stillBlends my shape, into the ‘scapeEyes that tell, of coming hellI see my prey, in disarrayThen use my skill, to make my kill ~ Poem and African Lion capture, Wait I Will © Jerry L. Ferrara

SHOT FROM THE FILE

Say’s Phoebe – A Say’s Phoebe’s Way

White-tailed Deer – Collecting Data

Pine Siskin – Dining On Plant Lice

Bald Eagle – Cruising The Canopy

Grey-headed Fish Eagle – Rapacious

Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Red-naped Sapsucker – Picidae

Pocket Gopher – An Infrequent Debut

Black-capped Chickadee and Red-breasted Nuthatch – It Took The Cake!

Asian Elephant – A Meeting of the Minds

African Lion – Wait I Will