I like them both, but the gulls on the Atlantic is so ... present!  I feel like I'm standing right there, and honestly, I'm a little concerned about gull poo.  :)  Excellent shots, and perfect contributions for this month's challenge!

Well, I love your humps-photo's Tara, what cuties! I'm sure they are not homesick at all.

Praeb, what a lovely rabbits, I first thought it where angora-cats.

Hi Mario, great to see you're posting here too. And what anadorable pictures, so very charming.

That Heidelberg-zoo must be 'grosse Klasse', Bernie, as your pictures are amazing ones.

Hi Mark, what beautiful colors and reflections you've captured. Also the POV is very beautiful, wishing you a speed recovery with your hand.

Wishing you all a very fine week, Mies-Jacomina.

OH WOW! I cannot turn my back to this forum a few days, before everything beautiful pops in.

Cristo´s Ibis´ in bed time and so the duck in sunset.

Tara´s lovely camels. YAY!   I saw the camels :)))

Praep´s.... Too cute Dwarf rabbits :)

Mario´s lovely ducks kissing in the pond

Bernie´s adorable elephant baby,  not to mention the gorgeous flamingos :)

Marks beautiful resting gull in Lake Mitchigan. And the  flying gulls in the Atlantic.

All amazingly captured.

Havent been close to any animals lately, so I havent got anything to share, but I hope to be able to post something before the month is over.  Have a great week, Friends.

Thanks 1000 to Mies and Helle ! A big hug !!!

Cannot keep up myself.

Outstanding work everyone.

God Bless.

Again our Dwarf Rabbits, now a portrait of the boy.

Very nice , praep ! Have a good day !

He, the rabit, is so sweet! ;-)

Such a cute little creature, with its rabbit face and kitty-cat ears.  :)

OH it looks so lovely fluffy and so soft, praep :)

Another 2 beauties Helle.

Outstandding work Helle.

This challenge is on fire.

God Bless.

Thanks alot, Christo and Bless you too.

Wow! Helle, these pictures are so fantastic!

The fly is so outstanding and the snail is lovely!

I don't know why but I alkways loved snail since I was a young boy! ;-)

Great macros Helle. Flies are always great models and snails are perfect because of their slow "steps". Well done.

Thanks alot Bernie. I kind of like snails too. they are so odd with the eyes on a stick LOL!  I cannot say i like flies, but they are fun to capture with my little Canon. :)

Thank you so much Praep. You are right, snails are easy to capture. Maybe that is why I like them LOL!

Attached Link: The Matrix Fly

Not a challenge-contribution - just for fun...

Fantastic photos , Helle !

Iam impressed by your fabulous photos, praep. They are really awesome macros.:)

Mario, thank you very much. :)

That rabbit is SO cute! a real model, praep.

Your snail is stunning here, Helle. I am sure it is the hardest racing snail I've ever seen, pass by his house.

The fly has great details, my friend, for sure the splendid macro-fly "Hairy" :)

See you soon, friends :)

Here is another Butterfly.  I can't find a description of this one. I did find a picture of one and it is called "Black Butterfly".

Nicely done on both images, Helle!  Snails are much more my speed, as far as moving targets go.  LOL!

That's a gorgeous butterfly, Ed.  Wow.  I love those silky black wings! 

WOW! What a beautiful Butterfly, EJD64. Superb shot.

This butterfly is really stunning and somehow mysterious!

EJ the butterfly capture is a beauty.

God Bless.

Very beautiful butterfly, EJD64 ! Wonderful capture !

WOW, really a very special butterfly you've captured, Ed (EJD64). I very much like the softness of it, I've never see this kind before.

For this week, here's something from me.
We saw this deer in the afternoon, not far from our house.
It is rare that you meet here a deer. There are probably ( I guess) 5 copies around here.
But it's not often that they show themselves, so we where very exciting by seeing it.

Another shot from it.

OH, How cute they are. We dont have these around here. Must be a fallow deer,  yes? They are bigger than the little roe deer,  we have so many of here.

Love its spotted fur :D  Beautifully captured, Jacomina :)  Have you thought about, it might be THEM who are messing up your garden? You need to set up a WEBcam in your garden.. :)

Very adorable Deer Jacomina.

Blessed day and week.

God Bless.

That is indeed a beauty.  Excellent shot, Tom.

We have a grass snake hiding on the stone fence :-) Have seen it severel times, but unfortunately never when I have a camera in my hands :-(  I will try to spot it. :)

What a fantastic animal you've captured here, Tom.
I love this shot, as the two textures are such great together.
BTW, thank you for the interesting info, Tom.

Thank you, dear Helle.
And indeed, that is something to think about, it could indeed be deer, which made that mess in our garden! You know all about this, huh ;-)

You bet I do...lol... and I just planted two geraniums today and I am almost certain they are eaten tomorrow. Once last year I came out a morning and ALL of my 8 geraniums were without flowers. Eaten ! That was the thanks for all the winter having feeding them...lol! Ungrateful little robbers. :)

Deer... we live just inside a wood line wth a small woods behind the house. Deer will eat our yard plants and love the fresh shoots.  My mother-in-law lives in a small city with houses all around and deer still find her flower garden and vegetables.

I was told of many ways to keep the deer away from plants and one which was effective is this: String a "fence" of old video tape around the garden, tape about 1/2m to 1m above the ground.  The tape shimmers in the air and may make a sound the deer hear.  This is not attractive but is not ugly.  Last year the tape stopped the eating of hostas at the wood edge.  This year, I will use if needed until the plants are fully grown.  Thus far, the plants have not been nibbled.   Squirrels will sometimes dig up the bulbs of tulips and other bulb plants.

Jacomina, the deer may believe you planted the garden for them!  Yummmmm!

WOW! I must try that trick out here. THank you,  I soon cannot have any flowers unless they are in a hight that they cannot reach, so we have a balustrade on the front of the house, where we place our pots, but the pot I planted two geraniums in, is down    I take the chance .... maybe they dont like them this year... they change alot.

Amazing find and capture Tom.

God Bless.

This is Leo, the little dog of my friend! It 'is really very cute! :-)

Such a cute face emmecielle.

A very detailed capture as well.

God Bless.

Thank you, Christo!  :-)

This is Tito, the cat of another my friend...  the photo has been processed with a Photoshop painterly effect! :-)  

Emmecielle,

outstanding capture and post work.

God Bless.

Thank you so much for your "fence"-idea, Tom! Indeed the squirrels here can make a mess too in our garden ;-)

Good luck, Helle.....you are very brave putting Geraniums for the deer, LOL

Leo and Tito are really friends to be very proud of, Maria. I love your photo-shots of them. It's so adorable how they look.
BTW: Success with your computer!

What a gorgeous face this Leo has, Maria. He looks very friendly :-)  So does the lovely cat. It looks quite big :-) Both shots are really well done. Hope your computer soon will be with full speed  :-D

Very beautiful images  , MIes , Tom and Maria C. !!!

The deer looks realy nice - sure a fantastic surprise to see one so near your home.

The snake is impressive, never saw such one.

I love the look of the dog and wonder what he is thinking about the photographer. And the cats are just cute.

Awesome collection of animal-shots here.