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Icterus chrysater
(Yellow-backed Oriole / Turpial Montañero)
The Yellow-backed Oriole is well-named, as it is one of the very few species of orioles with a yellow back. Indeed, this oriole shows only two colors, yellow and black: the wings are entirely black, the feathers lacking the white or yellow feather margins that are shown by most other species of oriole.
The Yellow-backed Oriole has an oddly discontinuous distribution: it occurs from southern Mexico south to northeastern Nicaragua, and again from Panama south to northern Colombia and Venezuela, but is absent from Costa Rica and from most of Nicaragua. This oriole has a very broad elevational range, ranging up to 2500 m in Central America and almost to 2700 m in Colombia.
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Taken in La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
I am just getting back to basics (organizationally that is) with my photo gear while I am planning out my HUGE trip for 2024.
I was trying to make a composition out of the intersecting planes, shapes, shadows and colors. It's not one of my favorites but I decided to post it anyway. I like the barren, pruned-back tree surrounded by stark architectural lines.
Vintage car on street in Comox, BC on Vancouver Island. A.1952 Chevrolet deluxe 2door coupe according to Stephen Rees (comments section).
Back in business
2021 was the year of the great garden renovation. Instead of photographing foxes, badgers, sun rays and frosty mornings I was now building my own Japanese garden paradise with a large pond, a rocky garden stream, stepping stones throughout the garden, a fancy shed and a large wooden deck. Great fun to learn how to build it yourself of course, but that also meant very little time for photography in 2021. Luckily all that is finished now and we can soon enjoy the warmer seasons again in a garden full of wings, fins, fluffy tails, and flowers.
As a kick-off to this new year of photography, I visited the cold northern parts of Finland and Norway, together with 5 highly talented nature photographers. While temperatures back home reached +20°C, we were experiencing snow blizzards, cold sessions in drafty hides and getting pooped on by thousands of birds. Definitely one of the better photography trips I’ve been on though, all thanks to Stefan Gerrits Photography for putting together the perfect trip to the Varanger Peninsula!
Anyhow, this is the first of many images I will share from this trip. The European Shags (the bird, not that other thing….) at the island of Hornøya were closely sitting together, forming this dark patch of feathers with here and there some bright yellow cheeks and a pair of vivid green eyes staring back at you.
At least Flickr is back to normal.
I was using GIMP, and the shape of my toolbar changed. Why? Who knows.
At least when I shut down my computer, it went back to the normal shape.
I can't wait till fall! But it might be late and short, too hot!
Pink Backed Pelican
Pink Backed Pelican, Pelecanus rufescens,
Now living in Putrajaya Wetland, Malaysia. Some of the birds in the flock learnt to fly again, become escapee.
Taken on a drive in the country have a nice day.
Thank you all for your visits comments and faves much appreciated!
Gulls are everywhere! - In The Wild - Seagull
Key West Harbor - Key West, FL U.S.A. - 12/3/20
SUNSET - The Florida Everglades - Seabird
*[left-double-click for a closer-look]
*[Extreme-Closeup - In Your Face! LOL]
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_keys
My Key West 2020 Slideshow : flic.kr/s/aHsmTvNLb4
From a walk last month.. The snow had almost melted and the sun had dipped below my horizon. I hadn't noticed my dogs were in shot as just trying to steady myself as this was taken hand held. I had gone with the intention of some leaf shots but grabbed this before the light disappeared...the view over the fence is where i shot the winding house from Bestwood Colliery - with a snow filled field from many years ago....
Another reality I could well do without is taking 30 minutes or more updating PayPal after 4 phishing emails no less for several hundred pounds just now.
As if I’m not busy enough…keep a weather eye open for these scams Sue x
My Golden doodle Merry is at the top of the path and my Golden Retriever Beau’s head is just in shot bottom right of the image..they usually go a little way into the wood but never far and always come smartly to a whistle :)
Adult Red Knot in breeding plumage - New Jersey, USA
As I’ve mentioned before, I spent a lot of time in 2020 exploring new places in New Jersey to find birds. During the peak of spring shorebird migration, I’ve made few trips all the way down to Delaware Bay to find Red Knots in their full alternate plumage. I can’t wait to come back there again this season
Never stop exploring!!!
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I walked about a mile before I found these lovely Shaggy Scalycaps only to realise that I had left the camera battery on charge in the house!!! Big Doh!!! I knew there was a spare in the car, decided to go back for it. That's how much I love fungi :-)
I took a picture of an old photo from my Grandfather's collection from the 1940's. Loggers on their way to the work site. He is in the center with his back to us in the plaid coat and hard hat.
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CC Versatile Modes of Transportation
Conrail ME-2 runs lite back towards Metuchen Yard after spotting coil cars at Super Stud Building Products in Edison, NJ. CSX 6160 pulls the Metuchen caboose, which is currently in the process of being repainted.
Picked up a Kodak Brownie Fiesta 127. We had one of these cameras years ago and used for all family outings and family photos and was the first camera I ever used back around 1974. At 9 years old I felt like a real photographer carrying this around on my shoulder and snapping photos 😄 Picked this one up and looking forward to using it again. My daughter and I also set up a darkroom to support our reentry into film and looking forward to developing our first batch of film soon. Will digitalize and post photos if they turn out 😊
So many of you have asked me where I’ve been lately as there haven’t been any updates on my blog for the last weeks. I simply needed a vacation away from SL and blogging, but now I’m back!
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That's right, I got more photos of this train, however from different years. Last year, the RCP made it's first trip to the US in over a year and a half by that point, and was seen here approaching Glenwood. Rumor was the train was going to head all the way to KC to have meetings with KCS officials, but when the merger came in jeopardy from CN, the train turned back west at St. Paul, which was this run. This year of course, in 2022, that did not happen, as they made it all the way down this time around.
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