Early start at Fingeringhoe, Nightingales were singing which seemed everywhere, luckily this one popped its head out the brush for me. Never saw another one but could hear them everywhere 😁

Pose: Use Your Middle Finger

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Lip Piercing - Annika - by Little Fish

Tattoo: Naret- by Vezzo Ink Tattoo

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“But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like that.”

~ Edna Ferber

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🎧 Hear what I feel ► to play 🎧

🎧 The love of my life's version 🎧

I don't wanna live without you

I don't wanna even breathe

I don't wanna dream about you

Wanna wake up with you next to me

I don't wanna go down any other road now

I don't wanna love nobody but you

Lookin' in your eyes now, if I had to die now

I don't wanna love nobody but you

You

a relative of the Grosbeaks

coccothraustes coccothraustes

appelvink

gros-bec casse-noyaux

Kernbeißer

Picogordo Común

Frosone

Bico-grossudo

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this very young Hawfinch was seen at a pool in a local forest a few days ago.

There are juvenile Hawfinches around since early June so this is quite late

a relative of the Grosbeaks

coccothraustes coccothraustes

appelvink

gros-bec casse-noyaux

Kernbeißer

Picogordo Común

Frosone

Bico-grossudo

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but of course successful in the end .-) ...

hanging exhibition walls . . .

ƒ/6.3 14.0 mm 1/15 1400

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ça manque un peu de netteté à cause du manque de profondeur de champ (photos prises dans l'urgence car j'étais ne retard ce jour-là ;-) ), mais j'avais envie de les poster ici.

it lacks a bit of sharpness because of the lack of depth of field (photos taken in a hurry because I was not late that day ;-)), but I wanted to post them here.

but very wise was he

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The 1836 grave of Henry Dorsey lies behind a tree warn by time and weather. Fallen, but not lost after nearly two hundred years.

this shrike species was called Common Fiscal but now it has been split into 2 species , the Northern and the Southern Fiscal. It was also called Fiscal Shrike in the past

Enonkishu Conservancy in the Greater Masai Mara ecosystem, Kenya

Lanius humeralis

Noordelijke gekraagde klauwier

Pie-grièche à dos noir

Stanleywürger

Alcaudón Fiscal Norteño

Fiscal settentrionale

picanço-fiscal-do-norte/picanço-de-dorso-preto

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I promise no Mish Mish bears were harmed in the making of this picture :)

"I have no Life but this -

To lead it here -"

Emily Dickinson, n° 1398

We're lucky.

We are.

Ricomincio Da Tre Music Club, S. Mariano di Corciano, Perugia (Italy).

Because it represents ‘23 - 2 dimes and 3 pennies, little buddy!….

Both of these duckies were gifts from my SIL who knows how much I love macros and duckies— perfect, right? The tiny ducky fits on a dime— there’s a size verification shot and a set-up shot for this posting in my photostream.

for the first Macro Monday theme of the new year, on 1/1/23, of “new”

…….💙 🎉🆕 HMM 🆕👶💙

So he was trying to talk to me, was all up in my DMs, and I was like ‘Ain’t nobody got time for that,” and went about my way. But I digress . . .

Credits . . .

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....is the Batman?!

Off learning Photoshop maybe? Taken in the Black Dragon. No post work. And no, I don't own a batsuit.

but you can always make it less thankless. :-)

Robert Brault

HBW!

hybrid magnolia, 'Opal', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina

Interested, but not interested enough to go outside and check...

Bastian (mixed breed) & Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somali cat), 11.04.2019.

Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera

Iguazu , Misiones, Argentina

Chrysuronia versicolor ( or Amazilia versicolor )

regenboogamazilia

Ariane versicolore

Glanzamazilie

Amazilia Pechiblanca / Amazilia Versicolor / Picaflor Esmeralda

Amazilia versicolore

Beija-flor-de-banda-branca

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Cornflowers Centaurea cyanus...Cornflower is a simple flower but has great beauty. Their blue flower heads appear in the summer on tall slender stems.

Cornflowers have been cultivated for many years into garden varieties and many colours are available. The native Cornflower Centaurea Cyanus is not often seen in the wild any more and it has a very pretty blue flower.

They can be grown anywhere in a sunny garden. Ideally they need to be grown along side other species as they may fall over if grown on their own. A Cornfield Annual mix with red of Poppies and Yellow of Marigold is a very attractive mi

the Rufous-tailed Weaver is a very large weaver species, similar in size to Buffalo-Weavers.

Photographed in the remote western Serengeti in Tanzania.

I had never heard of this weaver species before this sighting

Histurgops ruficauda

roodstaartwever

Histurgopse à queue rouge

Rotschwanzweber

Tejedor Colirrojo

Tessitore codarossiccia

tecelão-rabirruivo

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i miss you.....

but misspeller..

Ginger tom cat Mushy in black and white. This is my favourite image of him as so much of his characteristics can be seen. Stroppy - single minded - curious - friendly (but only when it suits him.

Have a great Caturday folks.

also called European Siskin or just Siskin

Spinus spinus

sijs of sijsje

Tarin des aulnes

Erlenzeisig

Jilguero Lúgano

Lucherino

Lugre

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"Merlins are small, fierce falcons that use surprise attacks to bring down small songbirds and shorebirds," according to allaboutbirds.org. Maybe that explains why I spotted this Merlin perched high in the treetops at Chicago's Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, a place where lots of songbirds pass through during Spring migration. The scientific name for these predators, which are only about the size of a pigeon, is Falco columbarius.

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Farah tassel boots courtesy of Gos @ mainstore

I thought this was a Swainson's Thrush but I'm not sure. Please help.

Thanks so much for the visit!

In general, I love winter. It is extremely photogenic season. But today the cold hit us. Unpleasant wind and freezing rain, not snow, turned the car into a frozen cube of ice, wind gets everywhere, there's no wintery white and no matter how hard I'm trying, I feel cold and miserable. So I've decided to post a warmer picture today.

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Stone Harbor Point, New Jersey, USA

During August and September, we observed 4 juvenile Piping Plovers in the same general area of the beach. They were usually in the tire tracks or up in the dunes on the dry sand. Nice images but I prefer my shorebirds in the surf or on the wet sand. It was late in the afternoon with about 90 minutes of light left when we came upon our 4 friends. Were where they? In the tire tracks of course. We had to make a decision. Do we wait and hope that the birds move to the water or continue on our way and hope to find something else to work with. We decided to give them 15 minutes. Boy am I glad we waited. They did indeed head to the water and were outrageously cooperative. They made up for all the hours we patiently waited over the summer. We took tons of images but this was my favorite.

Nikon D7200 with Nikon 500mm f4 G VR lens and 1.4 converter

1/2000 f5.6 ISO 800

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For You are my rock and my fortress; Therefore, for Your name's sake, Lead me and guide me. - Psalm 31:3

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Taken in Aeternus Paradisus

Bad Blood

Taylor Swift

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXKEdnasDto

'Cause baby, now we got bad blood

You know it used to be mad love

So take a look what you've done

'Cause baby, now we got bad blood (hey!)

Now we got problems

And I don't think we can solve 'em

You made a really deep cut

And baby, now we got bad blood (hey!)

Did you have to do this?

I was thinking that you could be trusted

Did you have to ruin

What was shining? Now it's all rusted

Did you have to hit me

Where I'm weak? Baby, I couldn't breathe

And rub it in so deep

Salt in the wound like you're laughing right at me

Oh, it's so sad to think about the good times

You and I

'Cause baby, now we got bad blood

You know it used to be mad love

So take a look what you've done

'Cause baby, now we got bad blood (hey!)

Now we got problems

And I don't think we can solve 'em

You made a really deep cut

And baby, now we got bad blood (hey!)

Did you think we'd be fine?

Still got scars on my back from your knife

So don't think it's in the past

These kind of wounds they last and they last

Now did you think it all through?

All these things will catch up to you

And time can heal, but this won't

So if you come in my way, just don't

Oh, it's so sad to think about the good times

You and I

'Cause baby, now we got bad blood

You know it used to be mad love

So take a look what you've done

'Cause baby, now we got bad blood (hey!)

Now we got problems

And I don't think we can solve 'em

You made a really deep cut

And baby, now we got bad blood (hey!)

Band-aids don't fix bullet holes

You say sorry just for show

If you live like that, you live with ghosts (ghosts, ghosts)

Band-aids don't fix bullet holes (hey!)

You say sorry just for show (hey!)

If you live like that, you live with ghosts (hey!)

Hm, if you love like that, blood runs cold

As usual I had my 105 lens on the camera yesterday evening as I took a stroll after work, but this beautiful blackbird let me get amazingly close before he flew away!

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Lake Manyara NP, Tanzania

The largest hornbill in the world.

A ground dwelling bird that lives in pairs or in small groups in savanna or in woodland.

They have a loud booming call that is typically heard in the morning.

Beautiful in flight when the white parts of the wings are visible

Southern Ground-Hornbill or Ground Hornbill

Bucorvus leadbeateri

zuidelijke hoornraaf

Bucorve du Sud

Rotgesicht-Hornrabe

Cálao Terrestre Sureño

Bucorvo meridionale

Calau-gigante

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Its difficult to gauge how large and powerful these strikes are, but here are some statistics.

According to this website www.weatherimagery.com/blog/lightning-facts/

(which cites the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service as its primary source):

The average lightning bolt is up to 6 miles long.

Lightning bolts can reach temperatures as high as 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit (27,760 Celsius). Which is approximately 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.

A lightning bolt can range between 1 million to 1 billion volts.

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Flores de Santa Gemita - Oct 2022 - Enhanced-6

Formerly a UK breeding bird but more regularly seen in Europe they tend to turn up in this country on migration if we get an easterly wind at the right moment.

We got those conditions in early September this year resulting in only the third I’ve seen in Northumberland while I was on Holy Island (Lindisfarne).

This stunningly tame individual was hopping around on the path looking for insects. It looked a bit lethargic for a while but after about an hour had perked up enough to fly off.

A member of the Woodpecker family, not much bigger than a Sparrow, but behaves totally differently to other Woodpeckers, not climbing up and down on trees searching for food.