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Just back from a week in Grasmere Cumbria my favourite place
weather was not too bad
long periods of sunshine followed by heavy showers
one shower lasted nine hours
love photographing these birds
catch up with everyone soon.
My wife came out of the house at this moment and got in her car. When she started the engine, the fox decided it was time to go.
This is a game!!!
Try and Figure out what the object is!!!
some are easy, some impossible!!
the answer in the first tag!!
Stinging Nettle Slug Caterpillar (Cup Moth, Setora baibarana, Limacodidae) "The Clown"
The stinging spines of the stinging nettle caterpillar unfurl when threatened. At other times, they are neatly folded away like a well-gelled hair-do or (appropriately) a Chinese calligraphy brush (see comments for image).
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
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A flock of Ross’s geese raises their heads in response to a distraction
A group of us started 2018 the same way we started 2017 and several years before that — with a New Year's Day visit to wetlands to photograph migratory birds and engage in a few other fun activities. Among these were: arising hours before dawn, driving long distances in pre-dawn darkness, sharing a champagne toast to the New Year well before noon, and much more. To be honest, I've had been photography days out there at this time of year... but I haven't had a better time.
This photograph shows a behavior that I've learned to watch for when photographing Ross's and snow geese. Much of the time when they are settled in on a field on in a shallow pond they are fairly passive, perhaps with their heads down to feed. But when anything worthy of attention happens — a raptor flies over, a plane passes by too low, someone gets too close or starts a vehicle engine — the flock's sound changes and all of the heads rise with necks vertical. If the threat passes or is deemed unimportant the heads quickly drop. But if it is seen as serious, this might be an indication that the entire flock is about to dramatically take flight.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, "California's Fall Color: A Photographer's Guide to Autumn in the Sierra" is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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I got called into work yesterday as my ambulance service declared a 'major incident' due to the heavy snowfall across the Yorkshire area and the major disruption to traffic including our ambulances. So many vehicles getting stuck on roads, blocking them and many roads inpassable due to snow and ice meant that our ambulances could not get to the jobs they needed to. Lots of our stafff having to leave the ambulance and walk some distances with equipment to attend to the patients. Then sorting the logistics of getting the patient to the ambulance and onward to hospital!
A number of 4x4 drivers stepped up across the area and assited our crews in getting and from people's houses. The ambulance service itself hired in some 4x4 vehicles to help staff get to work and home again. Plus sending out a call for off duty staff to come in if possible to help.
I was on my day off so I walked into work and worked through until 02.00am and work gave me a lift home!!
I work for Yorkshire Ambulance Service in and around the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire.
It’s a great job and I feel very honoured to be able to help people at their point of need.
Check out the website for all sorts of info re YAS and the work we do.
American Kestrel - male
Falco sparverius
Although much of my birding trip today was a bust, the Pole Farm did give me a chance to see a number of different birds of prey (6 species in all). The best look I got was this male kestrel who landed on a pole about 3m from me. This is the look I got after the shutter went off the first time.