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Pointy Butt
Copyright © 2009 Ashley Bradford

Pointy Butt
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 3, 2009
Back leg close-up

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 4 July, 2009 - 1:15am

worthy effort... maybe next time :-]
actually, the angle is okay to count the notches, which is informative, but precludes assessing their [relative] lengths
i'm sure you'll have ample opp. to see and shoot more of these, so this series will eventually land on a sp. page, too
… v belov, 4 July, 2009 - 1:52am login or register to post comments

 
I even
went back out and tried to capture it, but apparently it has magical abilities to make my cup porous, and it got away all three times and then I lost it. Next time!
… Ashley Bradford, 4 July, 2009 - 1:57am login or register to post comments

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