Urban Wildlife
Featured Work
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Sitting on a lily pad by LjMaxx
Those faces they were making just cracked me up.. Thanks for the look here. Best viewed in large format to see thier facial expressions~ Nikon D60 / Image taken at my home in N.Eastern, Ct. just south of Hartford. / Summer 08’
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Lacewing Dragonfly by Cheryl Lunde
FEATURED IN URBAN WILDLIFE / FEATURED IN AS IS A Flame Skimmer Dragonfly at the Huntington Library Gardens / Nikon D90 As is / Please View Larger / Approx size 21/2 wide”x21/2” long Many thanks to Jim Johnson for the species name of this little guy
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STINKY VISITOR by ldeiter78
7/5/09 ~ Top Ten in the Urban Insect challenge – Urban Wildlife group – thank you! 3/26/09 – Featured in Color Me A Rainbow ~ pink features ~ Thank you!!!!!!! A Green Stinkbug (true name), stopped by to visit my pink Cosmos. The bug is approximately 1/2 inch wide and 3/4 inch long. Taken 10/7/08 in my garden, Clarks Valley, PA / . / Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / F stop: F/5.0, Exposure: 1/100 sec. / Focal length: 24.0 mm, No flash, Shutter speed (Tv): 6.6
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Hover munch by Karen Scrimes
Hover fly on Agapanthus at the Botanical gardens, Sydney / Canon 40D with Canon 100mm Macro lens /
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Hydrating by Josie Eldred
I love this one, probably one of my best insect macros yet. I think it must be some sort of grasshopper. Taken in Katoomba, NSW, Australia :) — Taken with: Canon 40D / Lens used: 2.8 100mm / Shutter speed: 1/320 / F number: 8.0 / ISO: 400
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Black Flat-head Leafhopper Macro by Andrew Trevor-Jones
© Copyright 2009 Andrew Trevor-Jones Female black flat-head leafhopper, Stenocotis depressa, on an Angophora trunk at Glenbrook, New South Wales, Australia. Nikon D300, Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D, 36mm tube, SB-800 flash, DIY softbox ISO 200, 1/60s, f/16 Magnification: 1.7:1 The animal is around 19mm (3/4”) long. Here’s the full animal: / Here’s a shot of a nymph: /
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White Ermine Moth by Sharon Perrett
I found this beautiful moth on my net curtains yesterday. I have been leaving my windows open and the light blazing, I have had a wonderful selection of moths coming in and letting me take their picture LOL.Taken in Havant, Hampshire Wingspan 34-48 mm. / Widely distributed and fairly common over much of Britain, there is considerable variation in the degree of black speckling, and in certain parts of Scotland, there are forms with a buffish ground colour. / It generally flies from May to July, sometimes later in the south. / The hairy larvae feed on a variety of herbaceous plants. *Info from UK Moths
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Breakfast of Champions by Renee Dawson
Featured in Ladybugs May 23, 2009 and in Urban Wildlife July 11, 2009 Featured on RB’s Homepage August 15, 2009 / All summer I searched for ladybugs in our gardens. I did find a few but not near AS MANY as in my own home over the winter months. I lost count of how many I gathered up from nooks and crannies and placed in a little aquarium in one contained apartment. I do NOT like to kill bugs and putting them outside in the snow was not an option. My next dilemma…what to feed them? Apparently they like Cheerios! For those just itching to know, they also like raisins and sliced green grapes :) Little droplets of water each day and they made out just fine. Now that Spring has arrived the surviving ladies have all been put back outside :) Canon Rebel EOS XTi with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro lens. Manual Mode, SS 1/80, f/5.6, ISO 200. Photo taken in my home, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. / / Beautiful Bugs / ADD RENEE TO YOUR WATCHLIST
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Bee In Flight by pulsdesign
A city bee caught in flight on a street in Culver City, CA. Shot with a Nikon D50 with a Nikon 18-200mm lens.
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tending the herd by jude walton
The micro farm within my garden… carpenter ant (?) with aphids and a grub. / Ann Arbor, MI USA
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Bandido in the Spotlight by Ken Haley
A young raccoon ventures into the sunlight on a tree branch just a few feet from an office window in Springfield, Oregon. May 2009.
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Afternoon in the Shade! by Blair Wainman
Featured in the group Urban Wildlife in June 2009 In the heat of the day this iguanas enjoys an afternoon in the shade. Though found in most parts of tropical South America, their habitat overlaps urban development and are found in many suburban parts of cities. This one was taken in Barrancabermeja, Santander, Colombia. / This is a Green Iguana or common iguana (Iguana iguana). It has a wide distribution from Brazil to Paraguay and north as far as Mexico…and somewhat rarely in southwestern US states.
Recent Work
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A very handsome Northern Cardinal. by William Brennan
The Northern Cardinal is abundant across the eastern United States from Maine to Texas and in Canada in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia. Its range extends west to the U.S.-Mexico border and south through Mexico to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, northern Guatemala, and northern Belize. It was introduced to Bermuda in 1700. It has also been introduced in Hawaii and southern California. Its natural habitat is woodlands, gardens, shrublands, and swamps. This bird is a permanent resident throughout its range, although it may relocate to avoid extreme weather or if food is scarce. I captured this fellow in my back yard in Rockaway, NJ.
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Wheels of gold by Edyta Pelc
Female Golden Orb-weaver Spiders are larg ( up to 45 mm body lenght ), but males are tiny ( only about 6 mm in length ). / These spiders often live in gardens and harmless to humans. A female’s web,made of strong golden silk,may measure one metre across and is inhabited by the owner day and night.A large web may snare a small bird or even a bat ; any damage is promptly repaired. Super-macro Pentax Optio s30 / Location – Sunshine Coast – Queensland Australia
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Cooper's Hawk by Catherine Sherman
This Cooper’s Hawk waited for an hour in a tree near my bird feeder in Kansas City, hoping for a meal of one the chickadees or cardinals. The birds stayed away, and the hawk flew away disappointed.
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A male House Finch grabbing a snack. by William Brennan
Adult House Finches have a long, square-tipped brown tail and are a brown or dull-brown color across the back with some shading into deep gray on the wing feathers. Their breast and belly feathers may be streaked; the flanks usually are. In most cases, adult males’ heads, necks and shoulders are reddish. This color sometimes extends to the stomach and down the back, between the wings. Male coloration varies in intensity with the seasons and is derived from the berries and fruits in its diet. This was taken in my back yard in Rockaway, NJ.
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Beautiful male Northern Cardinal. by William Brennan
The Northern Cardinal,or Redbird, is found from southern Canada through the eastern United States from Maine to Texas and south through Mexico to northern Guatemala and Belize. It can also be found on the Big Island of Hawaii. It is found in woodlands, gardens, shrub lands, and swamps. It has a distinctive crest on the head and a mask on the face which is black in the male and gray in the female. It displays sexual dimorphism in its coloration; the male is a vibrant red, while the female is a dull red-brown shade. I captured this handsome fellow in my back yard in Rockaway, NJ.
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Focused by Jay Ryser
Even while taking a short break from stalking breakfast, he’s always alert. Something caught his attention and he’s focused intently on it. Even though I was looking in the same direction to see what it was (they’re always on the look out for coyotes), I couldn’t find anything worth holding his attention. It apparently was too interesting for him either – after a few seconds he slowly stalked off in the opposite direction. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) / Wheat Ridge, CO / Sony a700 / Sigma 300/f/2.8 / Jobu gimbal, Giottos tripod ISO 400, 1/800, f/3.5
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Hang'n out for Lunch by Darsana
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) hanging upside-down eating the flowers of a Date Palm in bloom. Photographed at Aspley, Queensland Australia ~ FEATURED ~ First Things Group (April 2009) / ~ FEATURED ~ All that is Nature Group (January 2009)
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Snacking on the run by Darsana
Lynx Spider (Oxyopes quadrifasciatus) eating a small fly. Photographed at Aspley, Queensland, Australia. ~ FEATURED ~ Australian Wildlife Group (March 2009) / ~ FEATURED ~ 1:1 Macro Photography Group (March 2009) / ~ FEATURED ~ Arachnids Group (February 2009) 146 views
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Osprey in flight by gillyisme53
This was Taken at a Rugby Field in Nerang on the Gold Coast. The Council had Rebuilt a pole there for them to nest in when they kept building there nest on the light towers.
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Barn Swallow with some nest materials. by William Brennan
The Barn Swallow is a bird of open country which normally uses man-made structures to breed and consequently has spread with human expansion. It builds a cup nest from mud pellets in barns or similar structures and feeds on insects caught in flight. They live in close association with humans, and its insect-eating habits mean that it is tolerated by man. This was taken by Lake Telemark in Rockaway,NJ.
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black birds by GiselaSchneider
birds in tree waiting to fly south for the winter.Rosebud County, Montana, USA. canon EOS DSLR / 70-300mm lens FEATURED in : / 1. The Great Outdoors Group – 9/28/09 / 2. First Things Group – 11/24/09 / 3. The World As We See It Group – 11/24/09 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / SOLD as an off white matted print Oct.24/09 103 views as of 11/24/09
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Got the Munchies by Ken Haley
A cedar waxwing picks a nice ripe berry in the Alton Baker area of Eugene, Oregon. November 2009
About This Group
There is a huge abundance of natural wildlife in our towns and cities and this group is for all those wildlife colour photographs you have taken in the urban environment that don’t really fit into other nature groups. We don’t mind if your bird is perched on a chimney, your butterfly is on a wall, or if your polar bear is raiding a garbage bin. We simply want to see those images that have not been taken in the wild or country. We are happy to see pictures of all wildlife including insects and wild flowers as long as they have been captured in the urban environment including gardens and parks. However, we do not wish to see zoo animals, insects or exotic pets kept in captivity.
We hope that this group will be partly educational, and for that reason we ask you to try to identify your species before submitting it to the group. The internet is a vast resource and “North American Butterflies” or “European Birds” when typed into a popular search engine will reveal a host of useful sites, enabling you to discover what it is you have photographed. Any additional information, such as general location, that you can impart to Redbubblers in your descriptions will be greatly appreciated, as it all adds to the educational experience for others.
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