What's Buzzing or Flying near You Today..?? Mark 2..!!

Good morning all,yes fantastic images everyone,Pip I have found my way round my camera but I still can,t get results like that

 

Dave, your photos are fantastic



I'm not very good with which birds are which but here are some I took over the last month or so.



I would guess that this may be from the sandpiper family as I saw it alongside the beach - somewhere between Rio and Sao Paulo.







These vultures were just a little way inland from there.








This had just caught a fish in the Amazon and seemed to be enjoying it.





And I don't know whether these are related to the Madonna with the big......

They were fishing for flying fish just off the coast of French Guiana. I watched one of them dive for a fish and miss it. The fish came flying out of the water and was skimming the surface and when the booby came back it started chasing it. The were diving in and out of the water but the fish got away.










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At one of the places we stayed at it was fun watching the birds come for the fruit and sugar water we put out.



I managed to catch a hummingbird with his tongue out - not very clear picture






I don't know what any of these are but they had breakfast with us each day.

 

Thanks Kedi and strongy. More to come when I have the time. I don't know where to put some insects and spiders . I've already put some things on mammals etc (dolphins, monkeys ...)

 

Great photos again shiney & thanks for Ids strongy it always helps..!

 

I took these photos of butterflies when we were staying up in the mountains in Brazil (near where all the floods have been) but they wouldn't stay still long enough to get any really good ones.











This one was in French Guiana and looks a bit tatty to me.





This landed on Mrs shiney's hand when we were in a little village in the Amazon



and these photos were taken when we were traipsing in the Amazon Rain Forest (it's not a jungle )

Don't know what they are but decided not to touch them just in case.









I didn't know what thread to put these on so as they were taken in the Amazon I've put them here.

Our old friend the tarantula - which, contrary to popular belief, is not dangerous.






A couple of giant ants - about 2" long




and some leaf-cutter ants that are quite large but nothing like the giants. Sorry about the blurred picture.