SmugMug > keywords > immature > Immature Bald Eagle learning to fly - Madison River in Yellowstone National Park - Photo by Pat Bonish/Bonish Photo
SmugMug > keywords > immature > Immature leafhopper, Scaphytopius sp (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) found on alfalfa in Wake Co., NC
SmugMug > keywords > immature > First Breach
Maui, Hawaii
SmugMug > keywords > immature > Recently molted immature bug standing over the exuvia of its' smaller self.  When frightened by the camera, the bug did not run and hide under the leaf as I expected.  Rather it remained close to, and nearly on top of, the cast skin.   Did this behavior make the insect appear larger than it actually was in the face of danger, something that might scare off a potential predator?  The fine, white, thread-like structures coming out of the cast skin are tracheae, part of the system that supplies oxygen to the insect.  New ones are formed when the insect molts.
SmugMug > keywords > immature > This is what happens when mom flies off to the next pasture, the more mature sibling takes off after mom, and junior is the only one left.  Immature Red-shouldered Hawk.
SmugMug > keywords > immature > Sandhill Crane Chick (Wow my feet are big)
SmugMug > keywords > immature > Pied-billed Grebe
SmugMug > keywords > immature > A Tasty Snack
SmugMug > keywords > immature > 2009 03-20 I dropped by the Renton Riparian area today to try to find some more uses for my new favorite toy...a 200-400 f/4 of my very own!  All the ducks and geese noisily cleared out, so I looked up, and this guy was cruising for easy food.  Finding nothing of interest, he cruised off.  I cropped this quite a bit, but was still impressed with the clarity for how far away it was.  I'm sure I'll be able to approve upon this one over the course of the summer.  More of the images from my walk today are at: http://jefflynchphotography.smugmug.com/Nature/742362
Thanks for all the comments!
Immature Bald Eagle learning to fly - Madison River in Yellowstone National Park - Photo by Pat Bonish/Bonish Photo
 > Immature Bald Eagle learning to fly - Madison River in Yellowstone National Park - Photo by Pat Bonish/Bonish Photo
Immature Bald Eagle learning to fly - Madison River in Yellowstone National Park - Photo by Pat Bonish/Bonish Photo
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