Haven’t posted any of these in a long while. Clicking on the photo will take you to hi-res.
Here is the scoop: AFGHANISTAN (Oct. 21, 2008) An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the “War Party” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87 deploys flares before beginning a close air support mission supporting ground forces in Afghanistan. VFA-87 is assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). U.S. Navy photo by Lt. George Schmuke
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There are lots of young critters running around now. I’ve been seeing a pair of sandhill cranes with a young chick quite a bit. Last night I went to work to print out our monthly newsletter and came across a pair of young raccoons near the entrance to the building. They looked like they were just kind of hanging out. They are pretty cute when they are little.
I took the pictures with my phone- which is why they are so poor. But you can click on the thumb-nails here to see them full size.
Back in October I posted a picture of a couple walking stick like bugs that I saw while riding home. The picture was taken with my phone and wasn’t too great. I saw another pair of them again a few days after that. And then while we were at Canaveral National Seashores with Ingrid’s parents a couple weeks ago – we saw a couple of them on a tree. Ingrid took a picture. A small one is below, click on it for a larger photo.
I didn’t know what they were – but it didn’t take too long to find out. They are known as two striped walking sticks – and they can spray you with some nasty stuff. Good to know. You can read about them here.
The big one is the female and the little one is a male along for a ride.
