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Nature's Camouflage

In nature there are predators and there are prey and some predators can be prey to larger animals. Both use camouflage to blend with their environment to avoid detection. This gallery is an example of nature's camouflage.
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  • Camo Moth

    Camo Moth

    Camoflaged moth

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    Liillies_Pads__RAW0216

  • Killdeer Hiding from a Hawk

    Killdeer Hiding from a Hawk

    Killdeer have to avoid predators from above; falcons and hawks. They use their color to hide from these larger birds. Can you find the lone killdeer in the photo? Go to the XL size photo and you might be able to see the bird. Can't find it?

  • Camouflaged Marbled Godwit

    Camouflaged Marbled Godwit

    A camouflaged Marbled Godwit seems to blend in the brush pile as it forages.

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    Aligator_Reflection_Brazos-Bend_WCW8821

  • American Alligator at Brazos Bend SP

    American Alligator at Brazos Bend SP

    I didn't see this gator while taking a picture of a heron in Brazos Bend SP. This photo inspired me to start this gallery.

  • American Alligator

    American Alligator

    Watch where you step in the marsh, that log might be a 500lb aligator. Photo taken in Brazos Bend State Park.

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    20180720_AnahuacNWR_Aligator_500_8584

  • 20181126_Anahuac_NWR_Geat-Blue_Heron_500_3173

    20181126_Anahuac_NWR_Geat-Blue_Heron_500_3173

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    05202017_Texas_City_Dike_Great-Blue_Heron_500_0222

  • Northern Harrier looking for Prey

    Northern Harrier looking for Prey

    Northern Harrier hunting a field for prey. It flew right over a camouflaged pipit on the previous page. This is what it's all about.

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    AnahuacNWR_July2014_BCNHeron_DSC0360

  • The Hawk Looking for Prey

    The Hawk Looking for Prey

    Krider's Red-tailed Hawk photographed in the Katy prairie This is what camo on birds and insects is all about. If your small and in the open and this guy sees you, he'll have you for lunch.

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    20181126_Anahuac_NWR__500_3174

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    500_4183_Red_tailed_Hawk

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    Coopers_Hawk_Rule3s+Diagonal_FLT8302

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    Osprey_FlyingP_D71_6791

  • This bobcat was photographed in the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve.

    This bobcat was photographed in the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve.

  • Feral Cat

    Feral Cat

    One of the greatest dangers to birds, shorebirds is the feral cat. They can depopulate and area of birds over time.

  • Coyote in Big Bend National Park

    Coyote in Big Bend National Park

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  • Coyote

    Coyote

    This coyote found a dead wild hog and claimed it. He is growling at some vultures who found the same dead hog. The coyote won the staredown.

  • Eastern Screech Owl

    Eastern Screech Owl

    Eastern Screech Owl (Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park) The Eastern Screech Owl attracts "mobs" of other small birds. In order to be able to sleep without being seen by the Chickadees and Titmouse, he finds a hole in the tree and melts into the bark and sleeps in peace.

  • Eastern Screech Owl in Bentsen State Park

    Eastern Screech Owl in Bentsen State Park

    Same tree, different day, different roost. Sleep well.

  • Great-horned Owl in Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR

    Great-horned Owl in Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR

    Owls, such as this Great-horned, will hide behind limbs and leaves during the day to keep mobbing birds from bothering them as they take a nap during the day.

  • Great-horned Owl in Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR

    Great-horned Owl in Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR

    Great-horned Owl

  • Black and White Warbler at Quintana Bird Sancturary

    Black and White Warbler at Quintana Bird Sancturary

    Black & White Warbler

  • Butterfly in Bear Creek Park

    Butterfly in Bear Creek Park

    This butterfly was trying to hide from us as we walked by. It was hanging from this hackberry tree bark blending in with the grey tone.

  • Cottonmouth Water Moccasin

    Cottonmouth Water Moccasin

    This Cottonmouth Water Moccasin was lying across the trail in Barker Reservois. Be careful out there!

  • American Alligator in Brazos Bend State Park

    American Alligator in Brazos Bend State Park

    Is this guy really asleep or is this a faint?

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