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Looking Close... on Friday: Tip

On tonight's episode of "Cats Are Perfect": the ear! This delicate, soft little ear possesses 32 muscles (we poor humans only have 6) and allows cats to keep their balance, move their ears 180°, and of course hear 5 times better than us. It never ceases to amaze me how these little killing machines with superfeline powers can be so graceful, elegant, beautiful... and so, so cute! (Incidentally, the cuteness is... not incidental. They share baby-like features with lots of baby animals, which makes us subconsciously attracted to them. But these devious little monsters have also managed to tune their purring to a human baby's cries, triggering our instinct to protect, help... and smooch. We are being totally manipulated. And we love that.)

One from the archives for the Looking Close on Friday theme of tip. I have no idea what the plant is!

21 april 2021

Male Orange Tip butterfly in my garden

Padiham, Lancashire

Last years leaves can still be seen on these trees

A happy shot of a Douglas Fir tip. Things look so green in rain or drizzle.

Male orange tip on blossoms of saxifrage in warm sunrise light.

During the shooting, the butterfly rolled the proboscis constantly in and out and moved, which did not make the focussing much easier.

Männlicher Aurorafalter auf Blüten des Wiesen- oder Köllchensteinbrechs im warmen Sonnenaufgangslicht.

Während des fotografierens rollte er den Saugrüssel ständig ein und aus und bewegte sich, was das scharfstellen nicht gerade vereinfachte.

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In Rathdrum 19 Apr 2021

Lea Wood, Lincolnshire, UK. - I thought one would never land but this one did for a brief moment. Lockdown walk.

Anthocharis cardamines

Giant Swallowtail butterfly taking nectar from a wild Coneflower.

Common though not so abundant this year.

Just enough snow to give this bison frosted tips 😊

Orange tip Butterfly seen at RSPB Leighton Moss. (2123)

weiblicher Aurorafalter

did try to put the Tears for Fears track here (tipping point) but for some reason I keep on getting a bad link - so I shall hum instead -----^^

When in the country I use to find antlers that had been shed, trick is to beat the field mice to the prize. That is my tip of the day on getting antler tips.

Looking close...on Friday!:-)

The subject is tip . . .

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Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Loch Spelve, Isle of Mull

RSPB Baron's Haugh, Motherwell...have learned its best not to photograph these in bright sunshine!

Small falcon with distinctive male plumage; gray head, rusty back, gray tail with broad black tip. Female is brownish above, barred on back, wings, and tail. Note rather pointed wingtips (unlike rounded wings of sparrowhawks and Shikra), and distinct dark spotting on breast. Fairly common in open and lightly wooded country, farmland, heathland; often seen over rough grassland beside roads and at airports. Perches on wires and posts, and typically hunts by hovering, at times fairly high overhead.​ Very similar to Lesser Kestrel. (Courtesy e.bird)

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Anthocharis cardamines

Tips of clouds lit up. They were totally gone as soon as the sun set!

Female orange - tip butterfly on cowslip flower.

This male Orange Tip was taking a few minutes rest on his favourite sprig of Hawthorn, from defending his patch. Orange Tip season seems to be almost over. A shame as I love to see them in spring, and this was a bumper year for them.

Linda Castro Nature Center, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas

The remains of a hortensia flower, a little bit of one of the flowers is still holding on.

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near Gjogv. Gjógv (pronounced [tʃɛkv], literally: gorge, geo, Danish: Gjov) is a village located on the northeast tip of the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands and 63 km (39 mi) north by road from the capital of Tórshavn.

A Female Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) on the bright pink spring flowers

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Gold glass holder creates the bokeh.