A short round-up of Nature Photo Challenge #2: Eyes

Thank you to everyone who contributed photos to this theme, which drew attention from 18 bloggers all around the world. Here’s a short overview:

• Terri kicked us off with an eyeful of her garden birds in Eastern Washington State
• Brian displayed a wide range of eyes from Australian fauna, and even managed to find a few fungi with eyes!
• Off to Africa again, where Martin was keeping an eye on some mean-looking predators – or was it the other way around?
• Still in Africa, and more elephant’s eyes – and why not? – from Geriatri”X”
• Maria got us looking at a range of eyes from snakes to grasshoppers
• Another welcome blogger from Australia is Ali who showed a range of eye sizes from small lizard’s eye to a big ostrich eye
• ToonSarah gave us a global tour of eyes of various animals, all of whom were keeping a close eye on the photographer!
• Dawn showed her lateral thinking skills by submitting a flower with an eye! The Blue-Eyed Daisy!
• Another original approach was from Kathleen with her observations of man-made animal eyes, and eyes perceived in trees!
• A treat from Georgina: not only a wide variety of photos of eyes, but also a poem about eyes too.
• Deb posted some expressive eyes from horses and goats
• From the north of England, Margaret posted pics of butterflies, deer, and elephants (not roaming the Pennines hopefully!)
• The eyes of waxwings, red squirrels and swans in Sweden were captured by Maria.
• Winning the competition for the most eyes in the smallest creature is Philo with his jumping spider’s four pairs of eyes (below)!
• Aletta introduced us to the beady eyes of a couple of South African birds
• Back in Cornwall, Jude‘s photo showed real eyes and fake eyes all on one insect
• How lovely to see the same swallows in India that we see in Belgium! Thanks I.J.!
• Are you a fan of The Jungle Book? Robert has snapped the eyes of the snake Kaa.

In the meantime, have you participated yet in Nature Photo Challenge #3: Pink?