Caterpillar (unidentified Lepidoptera).
*Hanging by a thread of silk.

Mike Lewis Park. Grand Prairie Texas.
Dallas County. September 30, 2022.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4 E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f/8 @ 1/640 sec. ISO 360.

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Portuguese Man-O-War (Physalia physalia).

Gulf Stream Pelagic Birding Trip. May 15, 2022. Second day.
Aboard the Stormy Petrel II out of Hatteras, North Carolina.
25+ miles offshore.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4e ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f/8 @ 1/2500 sec. ISO 560.

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American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
19 January 2013. Village Creek Drying Beds.
Arlington, Texas. Tarrant County.
Nikon D2X. Nikkor 400mm f3.5 ED-IF + TC-301 teleconverter.
(800mm) f3.5 @ 1/500 sec. ISO 400.

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Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Village Creek Drying Beds. Arlington, Texas.
4 April 2010. Tarrant County.
Nikon D2H. Nikkor 400mm f3.5 ED-IF + TC-301 teleconverter..
(800mm) f3.5 @ 1/90 sec. ISO 400.

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Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

3 July 2009. Village Creek Drying Beds.
Arlington, Texas. Tarrant County.
Nikon D2H. Nikkor 400mm f3.5 ED-IF + TC-301 teleconverter.
(800mm) f4 @ 1/1250 sec. ISO 400.

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