He shoots...
Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University
of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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| Okay, enough of this nonsense. I was determined to get a good Morpho picture. |
| This one has a damaged wing, showing the drab underside and the blue inside. |
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Morphos will sit still for ten minutes at a stretch and open their wings
for a split second. I put my camera on continuous fire mode and shot
over a hundred pictures. He shoots... |
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| ...and scores! |
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| Encountering a baby fer-de-lance on the trail is good for an adrenaline fix. |
| After tiptoeing carefully around this one, I found out later it was dead. Close examination of the original high resolution pictures showed a wound, apparently caused by a predator. |
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| A basilisk, sometimes called a "Jesus Christ lizard" because they can actually run across the surface of the water. |
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| Kelly Hirsch discovers birdwatching in comfort. |
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| Greg Sheier brought MRE meals, which he shared. In my case the novelty wore off somewhere in Kuwait in 1991. |
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