April 27, 2014 - Funny Photos

If you take a lot of photos, you eventually end up with some that are just plain funny. Here are a few of mine from the last several months. This Western Gull was at Face Rock Wayside in Bandon, Oregon. It posed nicely on top of a huge rock so I was taking advantage of that and getting some nice shots. All of a sudden, it opened its mouth very wide and stuck its tongue out!

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In March I attended the International Festival of Owls in Houston, Minnesota. One of the sessions featured live owls. The session was held in a gymnasium and the light was dim, so I had my camera set at a very low speed (1/20th of a second). Just as I clicked the shutter, this Short-eared Owl spun its head around. I’m amazed that the owl’s body stayed in focus; apparently the body didn’t move when the head turned. Perhaps one of the owl experts on my list can add a comment below to explain this (Karla??)

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This one is funny only if you are on a boat (as I was) and the Alligator is on shore (as it was). We took a boat trip at Wakulla Springs State Park in Florida and this was one of many Alligators we saw.

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Here’s another photo from the boat trip at Wakulla. This Suwannee Cooter is sunning itself and looks like it is thoroughly enjoying it. Can’t you just imagine that turtle sighing "Ahhhhh" as it stretches that back leg out?

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This is not the funny picture; that will be the next one. But I wanted to show you what a Blue Crab normally looks like. This photo was taken at the Gulf Specimen Lab in Panacea, Florida.

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Here’s another Blue Crab from the Gulf Specimen Lab. It’s a very unusual all-white individual. This condition is called leucism. I have posted photos of some birds with this condition in previous “Picture of the Week” segments. Here’s a link to one of them. http://www.earlorfphotos.com/Pictures-of-the-Week/2010-Pictures-of-the-Week/3-28-2010-Leucistic-Chickadees/11610590_eudYg

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