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Preying Mantis for Breakfast

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Preying Mantis for Breakfast - 07-23-2007, 10:49 AM






Once he finished breakfast he did some posing for me. . .

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07-23-2007, 11:12 AM


Nice shots, I really like the BG. Any more information type of bird, camera \ lens used, location maybe?

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07-23-2007, 11:17 AM


Thanks Roby. . .

This was shot with my Canon 30D and the 300 f4 IS lense. The location was in Lake Worth off Loop 820. I believe the bird is a Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher. I was sitting in my car while waiting to shoot some inbound F-16's to NAS Fort Worth. It landed about 10-15 feet away.

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Very nice shots!

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07-29-2007, 10:09 PM


Praying Mantis for breakfast II

shot with Konica Minolta Z3


this cheeky guy visited us for breakfast during our 10 day camp out at Garner in 2005

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08-12-2007, 12:44 AM


first set of pics looks like a stick bug. Can't make out the praying mantis....last pic...oh yeah hah.
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