Fledgeling Great Spotted Woodpecker [Dendrocopos major]

This little beauty is about 23/24 days old. He (?) fledged yesterday so his parents will be feeding him for the next ten days, then he’s on his own.

Here, he was squawking to be fed, as his father came and went with tasty morsels for him.

I think there are two nests near The Pixies, (where I feed the birds: a mile down the hill from my house, in the woods, next to the stream), as I’ve seen two different females. So far, I’ve seen three fledgelings, only one of which has been feeding himself, intermittently, while the parents take turns at feeding all of them, whilst still tending the others in their nests.

A great joy to watch these beautiful young birds.

At The Pixies,

South Carrick Hills

SW Scotland

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🎼 “Absolute Beginners” - David Bowie

“…But we're absolute beginners

With eyes completely open

But nervous all the same..”

youtu.be/FX2tcxM4hXQ

I've nothing much to offer

There's nothing much to take

I'm an absolute beginner

And I'm absolutely sane

As long as we're together

The rest can go to hell

I absolutely love you

But we're absolute beginners

With eyes completely open

But nervous all the same

If our love song

Could fly over mountains

Could laugh at the ocean

Just like the films

There's no reason

To feel all the hard times

To lay down the hard lines

It's absolutely true

Nothing much could happen

Nothing we can't shake

Oh we're absolute beginners

With nothing much at stake

As long as you're still smiling

There's nothing more I need

I absolutely love you

But we're absolute beginners

But if my love is your love

We're certain to succeed

If our love song

Could fly over mountains

Sail over heartaches

Just like the films

If there's reason

To feel all the hard times

To lay down the hard lines

It's absolutely true

Seetra Poses :

🎵🎵🎵🎵

Crato - Ceará - Brasil

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@ Beginners

By Cica Ghost

A developing Wild goldenglow (Rudbeckia laciniata) contrasts with the background Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).

Cruising down 11th street in downtown Michigan City, the 1900 job from the BRC brings a cut of cars back to the shops as they pass an old South Shore depot. For this being my first ever time of the South Shore, it definitely didn't disappoint.

"Nothing much could happen

Nothing we can't shake

Though we're absolute beginners

We've nothing much at stake

As long as you're still smiling

There's nothing more I need

I absolutely love you

But we're absolute beginners

Well if my love is your love

We're certain to succeed..."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo7KUEvV4II

@ Beginners

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Shoshin is a concept from Zen Buddhism meaning beginner's mind. It refers to having an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when studying, even at an advanced level, just as a beginner would

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sometimes in life we have to wait. for texts, people, moments or just summer. sometimes these things need quite a short time to happen, sometimes they take more time. and sometimes these things will probably never happen.

European white storks

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A former casino in Italy

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little miss LooLies =P my student (a)

lol awani a3alimha il t9weeer =D

im a good sister (a)

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A rotting, falling apart staircase and room in an abandonment.

Macro Mondays - Superstition

There's even a Wikipedia article about Beginner's luck: © All Rights Reserved. Please do not use or reproduce this image on Websites, Blogs or any other media without my explicit permission.

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Another from my walk around Arlington Reservoir in East Sussex a couple of weeks back with my Canon T50 "beginners" camera. (See my last post if you are interested in the story behind this camera.)

35mm film photography

Canon T50 SLR

Canon FD 50mm f/2.0 lens

Kodak 800 Gold colour film for disposable cameras (expired) shot at ISO 400

View On Black perhaps?

MULTI-COLOR DRAGON CHINESE COSTUME.

The Chinese dragon or Oriental dragon is a mythical creature in East Asian culture with a Chinese origin. It is visualized these days as a long, scaled, snake-like creature with four legs and five claws on each (though it did not always have five claws). Chinese dragon has long been a potent symbol of auspicious power in Chinese folklore and art. The Chinese dragon is traditionally also the embodiment of the concept of YANG (male) and associated with the weather as the bringer of rain and water in an agriculturally water-driven nation. It's female counterpart is the FENGHUANG (usually translated as a phoenix)

(wikipedia)

My finger mistakenly touched the shutter when I checked the monitor. It's clear I still have a lot to learn about using my new camera, there are so many buttons and functions that I don't even know exist.

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I had an incredible first visit to this falls on the Sonoma Coast. High flow, huge crashing waves, and an epic stormy #escaype forecasted sunset.

My one gripe with this amazing scene is that most comps I'd seen felt a bit right-heavy. I initially posted a comp with a sunstar and light on the left side, and here is one with the falls centered and the colors a bit more subdued. Probably not everyone's cup of tea in a world dictated by epic, but I wanted to share it regardless.

Greetings from Norway -- we have a little less than one more week out here and then I'll be back in the Bay. Keep rockin' it with epic snow and storm shots!

- Jeff

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me, million years photoshop beginner

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I had been researching the Matteson Loop and viewing platforms when I happen to discover what appeared to be a little observation platform at Homewood. Thus, on a morning where going south avoided the clouds, I decided to check out Homewood. A couple benches, a pavillion, and a live radio feed greeted me not ten minutes before this northbound showed. Taking some stacks and racks into Markham Yard is the recently rebuilt AC44 with the 1923-era logo.

I’m a whimp 😆😂 but I am doing 4 sets of 25 reps so 100 each WORKIN the arms. Got to start somewhere