Critters captured on camera

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waltsp

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San Antonio, TX
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Lizard (He was quick!)
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Not sure was this is, but they are everywhere and extremely NOISY!
It Really looks Alien (See picture full sized)!!!!!!
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Finally got them to start feeding. Black-Crested Titmouse.
They really seemed to love the black oil sunflower seeds.
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As the shutter clicked, he looked straight at me!
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Rapid fire caught them in flight!
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Thanks for the pictures, our humming birds just came back a couple of weeks ago. We have a couple that we know are from years past{distinctive marks}. Last year we figured we had well over 40. Last week I had a smaller{200lbs+ -} black bear in the front yard. I could only get about 30' from him, he seemed young and shy.
 
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Nice pics. Thanks for sharing. It makes me want to spend more time outside with my camera!!!

Eddie
 
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Finally figured out the noisy bug.
Central Texas Leaf Katydid.
There are reports of a major outbreak this year like 2007.
This causes them to sing 24 hours a day, not just at night.
 
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I thought it looked like a katydid but it was brown... ours are green here in Indiana.

You are right about the alien appearance.... those menacing green eyes! :laughing:
 
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Nice shots, thanks for sharing with us. Is that the thing that makes the buzzing sound?

Steve
 
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Awesome pictures, if you don't mind me asking what are you using for a camera I have been looking for one that can take pictures of humming birds. My current one takes too long to focus and I miss the shot.
 
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Awesome pictures, if you don't mind me asking what are you using for a camera I have been looking for one that can take pictures of humming birds. My current one takes too long to focus and I miss the shot.

It looks like he used a Nikon D40 and a 200mm telephoto lens. :) (pardon me for butting in here:))
 
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It looks like he used a Nikon D40 and a 200mm telephoto lens. :) (pardon me for butting in here:))

Exactly correct. For the Bird photos, camera was on a tripod and went to manual focus.
Despite the appearance, the framing of the shot never changed. Just did the cropping after the fact.
 
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some humming bird photos from yrs past
 

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