Told you I had pictures to share!
Alligator, or maybe snapping turtle. Have you ever seen a hatchling snapper? They're adorable, absolutely adorable. If you don't believe me, I'm betting you've never seen a clutch hatch. Or maybe... just maybe... it's one of these.
We're guessing it can't have been more than a couple of weeks old. There is a story behind this that is more than my getting a good shot. It includes a disobedient dog and one stunned and amazed photographer. So I'll try to get that up soon. I still can't believe that this happened only the second day I went photo hunting.
The reason it's on my finger instead of a branch is that I discovered it when it crawled out of my hair and onto my neck. Which is why there's a missing antenna, I accidentally hurt 'em when I grabbed it. If I would have known it was a living creature I would have been more gentle. To give you an idea of how tiny it is, what you see of my finger 12/15 in or 1.8 cm wide if I'm reading my ruler right.
Michigan is a state of lakes and I wouldn't have it any other way. These were hard to get as they were farther away than almost any shot I've taken and I don't have a tripod to steady things. What's great is that I haven't seen this kind in quite a while, we get Mute Swans for the most part, which are not native to the americas and they've been competing with our endangered ones.
I took this just TODAY, well technically yesterday now, and only a three minute walk from my house. Which made the writer's block prompt all that more amazing. They're learning to fly right now apparently, I didn't see them trying but a neighbor did, and today is their second day. I hope you all enjoy the pictures because I was getting eaten alive by mosquitoes and my legs were absolutely covered in bumps and angry red blotches. I'm going to head out tomorrow to try to get more shots (this time with pants!), but with reports of a BIG black bear right in the area (as in right on our property close) it may not happen. I've never heard of them being so close, but then I'm not quite even a quarter century old, so what do I know.
I love my camera, I've had it for only twenty days and I already have all this. 'This' is also why I haven't been posting much, I've been taking pictures like a fiend.
We're guessing it can't have been more than a couple of weeks old. There is a story behind this that is more than my getting a good shot. It includes a disobedient dog and one stunned and amazed photographer. So I'll try to get that up soon. I still can't believe that this happened only the second day I went photo hunting.
The reason it's on my finger instead of a branch is that I discovered it when it crawled out of my hair and onto my neck. Which is why there's a missing antenna, I accidentally hurt 'em when I grabbed it. If I would have known it was a living creature I would have been more gentle. To give you an idea of how tiny it is, what you see of my finger 12/15 in or 1.8 cm wide if I'm reading my ruler right.
Michigan is a state of lakes and I wouldn't have it any other way. These were hard to get as they were farther away than almost any shot I've taken and I don't have a tripod to steady things. What's great is that I haven't seen this kind in quite a while, we get Mute Swans for the most part, which are not native to the americas and they've been competing with our endangered ones.
I took this just TODAY, well technically yesterday now, and only a three minute walk from my house. Which made the writer's block prompt all that more amazing. They're learning to fly right now apparently, I didn't see them trying but a neighbor did, and today is their second day. I hope you all enjoy the pictures because I was getting eaten alive by mosquitoes and my legs were absolutely covered in bumps and angry red blotches. I'm going to head out tomorrow to try to get more shots (this time with pants!), but with reports of a BIG black bear right in the area (as in right on our property close) it may not happen. I've never heard of them being so close, but then I'm not quite even a quarter century old, so what do I know.
I love my camera, I've had it for only twenty days and I already have all this. 'This' is also why I haven't been posting much, I've been taking pictures like a fiend.