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Yellow-billed Stork - Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, while travelling with www.PhotoTourTrekkers.com.
Been feeling so uninspired lately, but today I met up with friends and had some much needed dolly times. This is Yuri, he's an Obitsu 50cm boy, but that's all know about him. He's painfully cute and probably the most awkward looking doll in the world :)
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This one's actually really special to me. It's the first picture on my second roll of film on a 35mm SLR, taken on my T70. I didn't have a tripod at the time so I used a pile of my books and editorial magazines to carry the weight of the camera. I was so scared it would topple over because of the clacky self-timer. This came out of some ilford 400, overexposed, and was an experimentational shot - I had no idea how to work that thing lool. I like this though.
...Anyway, here's a picture of me standing awkwardly.
Sometime pelicans look a little goofy when they land. I am confident that I would look much worse trying to the do same.
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Juvenile
Emigrant Creek – Jackson County – Oregon – USA
“The Bald Eagle has been the national emblem of the United States since 1782 and a spiritual symbol for native people for far longer than that….. The Bald Eagle dwarfs most other raptors, including the Turkey Vulture and Red-tailed Hawk. It has a heavy body, large head, and long, hooked bill. In flight, a Bald Eagle holds its broad wings flat like a board….. You'll find Bald Eagles soaring high in the sky, flapping low over treetops with slow wingbeats, or perched in trees or on the ground. Bald Eagles scavenge many meals by harassing other birds or by eating carrion or garbage. They eat mainly fish, but also hunt mammals, gulls, and waterfowl.”
Source : Cornell University of Ornithology
Status : Least Concern
Everybody else gets really cutesy pictures of squirrels...
except me.
This male squirrel has been a regular for some time and no, he doesn't do 'cutesy'. I do have a 'kitvision' camera set up on the windowsill for when the birds visit. However, this is what greeted me yesterday morning when I walked into the kitchen. I'm used to it.
I mean, the muddy paw prints and also little drag marks. I could lower the feeder, but I've already done that and he won't use it. I've come to the conclusion he likes the challenge of using the feeder at this rather awkward height off the windowsill. I have to travel to the other side of Manchester if I want to find a squirrel that's going to act 'cute' (that's three buses there and three buses back - no doable that often if you're travel sick)
I have yet to see other squirrels in the area that would do me the honour of looking and acting a little more cute than this little fella. Don't get me wrong - I absolutely adore squirrels! I love their personality, charm, cheek, charisma and ability to be feisty and noisy when they feel a need to. They're awesome!
I don't ever sit "normally"
Right now, I'm sitting on a chair (a rarity!) diagonally, with my legs on separate shelves of my desk. I'm probably going to end up with a twisted spine but eh, it's comfortable.
This is a more typical shot of a ruby-crowned kinglet. Those ridiculous stick legs crack me up.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
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