Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Bernie's Tiny Universe : Part Tre' ( Animals)

So the last installment of Bernie's Tiny Universe is here, this one is all about animals, yeah sure bugs are animals, but for our purposes here I will refer to anything with a backbone as an animal, and things with exoskeleton support or no support as a bug or other type of invertebrate.

The thing with animals is that you typically don't get that close to them, they are either scampering, swimming or flying away from you so it is usually hard to take good close up pictures of your subject. Thanks to my brother, Jason and my Brazilian brother, Jr. for their help wrangling some of the fish you see here.

So enjoy the photos, some are friendly like my friend Bob, the pygmy marmoset, and some not so friendly , like the water moccasin.  I hope you can see the world through my eyes and you bring something positive out of your time visiting my "Tiny Universe"

Cheers to all, and remember , Its not the destination, but the journey that makes life special!!
-Bernie

      Bob, the Pygmy Marmoset, my favorite little friend, Brazil 2001                                         

                         Peacock Plume, Grants Farm, St. Louis MO, 2005


                                              Red-Spotted Newt (terrestrial eft stage) Robinson Forest, KY : 2007

                                  Little Green Tree Frog , Rio Solimoes 


 Freshwater Tiger Shrimp, and Pike Cichlids,  Rio Auturia, Amazonas, Brazil 2007

                   Cardinal Tetras, Rio Auturia , Amazonas Brazil: 2007


                           Small fry...litterally


                                  Red-eared Slider


                                         Barking Tree Frog, Florida 2009


                 Grey Tree Frog in a Sabel Palm,  Okeechobe FL  2009

                    Silver Haired Bat , Mt. Pleasant, MI 2009



                           Red Bat, Breckenridge, MI  2009


                           Hoary Bat , Breckenridge , MI 2009
                                               Baby humming birds, Presidente Figuereo National Park, Brazil 2011



                                        Jaguar Catfish, Rio Negro Brazil : 2011


 Rummy Nose, Red-eyed , Cardinal Tetras, Checkerboard Cichlids  Rio Negro Brazil: 2011


                          Marble Hatchetfish  Rio Aturia, Amazonas, Brazil 2011 

                                               Hummingbird,  Fortes Compound Manaus, Brazil 2011


                      Eastern Glass Lizard, Near Tallahasse FL, 2009


                           Two-Lined Salamander, Perry, FL 2009



                                                            Cottonmouth,  Florida 2009

                            Florida watersnake, Perry ,FL 2009 


                              Baby gopher tortoise, Near Tallahassee FL 2009



                                            California Ground Squirrel , San Diego, CA