Melanistic foxes - more usually referred to as silver foxes, but regionally called blue foxes.
That’s them. My cousin just a quarter mile down the road from me used to operate a fur farm, with mink and fox. He raised the blue foxes. Not sure if some escaped but blue fox were seen in my woods for many years.
I often see this bald eagle while walking my dog and finally got a pic today.
A fairy ring:
Always nice to see.
j
Agree! We usually have Amanita in a ring but for some reason they skipped this year.
Yesterday in Yosemite I was surprised to see a bobcat prowling around the area right in front of the Village Store. Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera set to “sport mode” so I kind of missed the money shot when he pounced on a mouse.
Still a fantastic sequence 
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If by “Nature” you mean the ceiling of my office, then this counts:
Huntsman, I think.
Did it eat the banana you were using for scale?
Your former office?
Pulling into the driveway Wednesday evening, I surprised this brute and his girlfriend eating plums from my trees. He was kind enough to stand for a picture or two, but I didn’t dare run the wipers to get the rain off the windshield for fear of scaring him off. We stared at each other for a good 2 or 3 minutes, he didn’t move til I started edging the truck forward. They were back just about dusk when I went out to feed the kennel dog.
The Great Prince of the Forest!
Yesterday, I watched a good-sized painted turtle trying to cross the highway. Up further a bit was a state trooper trying to catch speeding miscreants so I stopped to tell him. He was none to pleased with me, but I didn’t get a ticket for stopping. Today, there was no sign of the turtle having been it. Whew.
Today I cycled past a field full of Canada geese - several hundred of them.
Here’s the thing: Canada geese are an overwintering bird in the South of England. For some reason, I see them throughout the winter in these huge groups, honking away in low-lying fields - it always seems to be the same fields.
So the particular significance to me was this: first sign of winter coming. Depressing.
j
Out by the pool today:
Outstanding Custom Title/Photo combination!
j
If I could load the pic, I would. Trees in spring blossom outside my eye clinic’s office. Some people think it’s wonderful. I think it’s kinda scary. This is Minnesota.
That is worrisome. What kind of trees and has it been a bad year for them?
Our suburb had Bradford pear trees in the median. One year in the fall half of them bloomed, and half, the leaves turned red. Sometimes on the same tree. All the branches that bloomed died after blooming
My guess is flowering crab. Definitely apple related. There weren’t many leaves on the tree and there were about 8-10 blossoms on it. The lack of leaves may have been due to powdery mildew. A second tree was similar. A couple of weeks ago, we had non-reblooming lilacs start blooming again too. And I saw a different tree (nut type) blooming on my way home.
We were in deep drought last fall and winter with very, very little moisture, unusually warm winter temps and then a very wet warm spring and early summer. We are now once again in drought, but due to all the rain earlier this year, the drought is mild-moderate.
Came home early this week to find my grain piles I left out for the deer had been completely decimated by elk, according to the signs. 2 days later, I caught the herd a couple miles from the house. This big guy impressed me.
FF to last night, the elk were back after dark, checking for any remnants of grain. This morning when I wemt outt to start my deer season, and take the terriier-ist out for potty time, they were still there. Had this bull in my scope for 10 minutes or better. He’s injured/limping. Wife said she heard on one of the local Facebook groups that someone close by had hit a bull elk.
Gotta go fix the tractor now. Not dragging anything by hand that I can use power equipment for.