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Last shot (for now) from Pakowki Lake. I spent most of two mornings there, focusing mainly on ibises, avocets, stilts, and some species of waterfowl that I rarely see on my home turf.
The Willet, on the other hand, is a common summer resident - and breeder - in my area. On the ground or in shallow water, it is a pleasant, patterned grey-brown, grading into white underneath. Not flashy, except for its wings when they aren't folded. So one of my ongoing goals in photographing Willets is to try for shots of its dramatic wing pattern of white on very dark brown, and this is usually seen only when the bird is in flight, taking off, or landing. The Willet in this shot is landing. I barely had time to grab the focus before it folded those wings.
I cropped this from the horizontal. I find focus tracking almost impossible with the camera positioned vertically. It's hard enough to track on the horizontal plane!
Photographed at Pakowki Lake, Alberta (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
A beautiful day in Brixham.............
The nearest boat is the Vigilance of Brixham
Vigilance was the last sailing trawler built at Uphams Yard in Brixham, the birthplace of the trawling industry. Launched in 1926, she was owned by Brixham local George Foster and skippered by his brother Fred. Although perhaps an anachronism – by 1926 most owners were opting for steam rather than sail power - Vigilance did incorporate all the lessons learned from the building and use of her forerunners, such as the beautiful elliptical counter stern which made her dryer and more manageable when trawling in a following sea.
She had a relatively short career with the Fosters before bankruptcy forced her return to Uphams in 1933. During the war she protected Brixham and Teignmouth from aerial bombardment by serving as a “Barrage Balloon” mooring vessel.
After the war she was converted into a gentleman's yacht, but a fire in the early 1950s meant she lay unused until 1955 when she passed to Ken Harris in lieu of payment for work done to her. Ken spent the next 17 years restoring her. She was then used as a training ship, a film set and an Arctic survey ship before she was brought back to her birthplace in 1997 by a preservation company.
Now in the ownership of the charity Vigilance of Brixham CIO, she has been used extensively for sailing trips for visitors to Brixham. Sailed and run entirely by volunteers, Vigilance is the only Sailing Trawler based all year round in Brixham.
Natural foraging.....
The Great Tit (Parus major) is a common bird in the UK, known for its striking appearance with a bluish-green back and a yellow breast divided by a central black stripe. It is the largest of the tit species found in the UK and can be seen year-round in various habitats, including parks, woodlands, and gardens.