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Lifer #47 2021
Escape bird or not, This is one of the prettiest ducks you will ever see and probably the only time we will ever get to see one in this area.
Directions for it are found in my Ebirds post
We have been watching for the arrival of the peplas. At first it seemed only 2 males were in the canyon. Then it appeared that 2 females arrived. Overnight there were 2.5 nests. A few days later one and a half nests were nowhere to be found.
W9 had calculated that today the babies would fledge. And today Jerry spotted the 3 amigos in the brush below the nest. Dad was flying here and there, collecting berries to feed the chicks. Mom was out and about but in the same vicinity.
Last year we watched a nest . We didn't realize how much of our hearts we had invested until it failed.
This year it's been a good baby season ...so far.
Knock on wood.
ebird.org/ebird/argentina/view/checklist/S37613620
Familia Cuculidae
Es una especie que se ha beneficiado con las actividades agropecuarias.
Es un ave sociable que vive en grupos de hasta 15 o 20 individuos.
Los nidos son comunales.
Nueve de Julio - Buenos Aires
Argentina
Info. de la Guía de Aves Argentinas Digital que ahora se puede bajar gratis la App para tablets y celulares .
"Atlantic" Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus griseus)
Breeding
Family: Sandpipers
Bunche Beach Preserve
Lee County, FL
2017/04/10
One of my favorite birds, the Hermit Thrush, is migrating through The Poconos currently.
This one was photographed in the yard yesterday morning, and was just giving its "chuck" call.
In the coming months their ethereal songs will be resonating throughout the forests around my woodland home.
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
Adult
Family: Thrushes
Price Twp--JMC Pocono Property
Monroe County, PA
2018/04/08
Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae), Crater Lakes, Tablelands, Queensland, Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/australia/checklist/S123536467
Victoria's riflebird (Lophorina victoriae), also known as the lesser riflebird, Queen Victoria riflebird, Queen Victoria's riflebird, or Victoria riflebird, is a bird-of-paradise endemic to the Atherton Tableland region of northeastern Queensland, Australia where it resides year-round.
Source: Wikipedia
I went looking for a Rock Sandpiper in West Vancouver on Saturday. So far this year I have seen 256 year birds in the Vancouver checklist! More than I have ever done before. The previous record holder had 250. However, I am still 2 birds behind the leader Ilya and it will be extremely hard to catch up as time is running out and year birds are not easy to come by. I am also quite content with the number of birds I have seen to date and also quite exhausted ;-) plus we are extremely close and support each other in our big years. Anyways long story short I did not find a Rock Sandpiper, despite finding Surfbirds and large Black Turnstone flocks but I did find this nice male Surf Scoter posing nicely instead.
I guess if you count pulling kids away from their parents and sending spouses to countries they have no connection to, torture, then we can check that box as well for ICE-US
The RE20/RB22 is the only line near where I live which still has locomotive hauled regional trains. In 2020 when I first moved to the Rhein-Main area the trains were hauled exclusively by the East German designed 143 and 114 class. However, in 2021 the locomotives were partially, but not completely replaced by more modern Bombardier 146s. Due to a persistent locomotive shortage the 114s and more infrequently leased 143s make an appearance on the line.
In 2020 I was completely oblivious to the line and never photographed it when it was easy. In the last two years I have tried to get some of the 114 workings after work, but the locomotive turns never seem to line up on days when I remember to check and its sunny.
Last Friday I checked BahnExperte and was surprised to see no less than 5 BR 114s in the pattern, and with two headed southbound in good evening light. A quick trip after work truip up to Bad Camberg was in order.
About an hour later 114 036 leads another Frankfurt bound service around the classic photo curve south of Bad Camberg.
Florida Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus extimus)
Juvenile
Family: Hawks
Lake Apopka North Shore--Wildlife Drive
Orange County, FL
2016/03/19
Before each dive I go through a checklist to ensure my underwater rig is working properly - did I take the lens cap off, is the autofocus switch properly set on the lens, are the o-rings clean, is the battery sufficiently charged, etcetera. But on this dive, I failed to check everything ... the switch on the strobe trigger was not turned on. Above water this error takes just a moment to correct. The only solution underwater is to end the dive.
And of course, we find a frogfish. So I did a custom white balance on my white fins and took the shot. (Maybe not needed because the WB could be adjusted in post, but I figure I would try it out.) Much to my pleasant surprise, the image isn't dominated by blue (which usually happens underwater). Amazingly, what little red was down there was still captured by the camera. And, the look of the image is different than one taken with strobes.
So I learned something - maybe sometimes I should experiment to see what can be done without strobes. Always using strobes might get in the way of some creativity.
This orange frogfish is about 6cm long. I returned several weeks later (with strobes working) and it had doubled in size.
It's home is an elephant ear sponge (Agelas clathrodes). They are estimated to live up to 2,000 years. So in this image, the sponge is probably the more interesting living creature!
Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica), Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/checklist/S123717619
The metallic starling (Aplonis metallica), also known as the shining starling, is a bird in the starling family native to the Moluccas, New Guinea, Queensland and the Solomon Islands.
Source: Wikipedia
ebird rarity, SF, high count (105)
ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25323532
The habitat is ideal at Shirley's Bay and these migrating White-rumped Sanpiper are taking advantage of it! This is the largest single flock of White-rumped ever documented on ebird for Ottawa County - 3 different observers estimated its numbers to be between 103 and 108 birds.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops), Bushells Lagoon, NSW, Australia
Ebird checklist:
The black-fronted dotterel (Elseyornis melanops) is a small, slender plover that is widespread throughout most of Australia, and is native to New Zealand.
It is common in freshwater wetlands, around the edges of lakes and billabongs, and in shallow, temporary claypan pools. It is also found occupying saline mudflats and estuaries, but rarely. They are generally sedentary, with a single bird, a pair, or a family group occupying a stretch of habitat on a more or less permanent basis. However, some individuals appear to travel considerable distances, and flocks will sometimes congregate in food-rich areas.
Source: Wikipedia
Frisian landscape checklist:
- flat.... CHECK
- muddy... CHECK
- empty... CHECK
- grey... CHECK
- salty smell... CHECK (well, at least in my mind)
- boring... NO WAY
Nowadays landscape photographers prefer to shoot from high mountains with spectacular light and some eye catcher in the foreground. It has become sort of an unspoken rule, just like the rule of thirds. And they come up with good shots.
With this shot I deliberatly go against the grain. It shows what I like about the frisian wadden sea landscape. There's no excitement, no hectic hustle and bustle, no spectacular eye catcher to be beheld. To me, the emptiness always conveys a sense of peace and freedom. So, take a moment to sit back, let it soak in, calm down, breathe.... and smell the salty air.
Enjoy!
Usually when a good train comes around, it is usually on the CPKC Windsor sub the train comes on, in which I get straight to documenting old searchlights if possible. But, sometimes it is nice to take a break to shoot something good on the Chatham sub. While it might not be as good photo wise compared to the Windsor sub around here, I had the chance to shoot an EB CN leader in the morning on the Chatham sub. This is something pretty rare, as 438 never runs in the morning, like they used to back in the early 2010s, and 514 only runs EB from Chatham to Thamesville, in which you have to hope they run in the morning and face the right way AND have cars :). But, instead of 1501 leading the tech train, we have CN 0999 here with an Ex-IC Dash 9 as a pilot. Now I do not know what the difference is between the two technically, but after catching 72 the morning of, I heard them getting ready to leave CN Little yard on my scanner. This gave me the opportunity to shoot the Dash 9 in morning light here at Belle River Marina, a catch I have been wanting to get a good shot for a long while. The train was lined into Stoney point siding for a meet with VIA 71.
A Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) on migration in Bhaktapur, Nepal. #championofmigration
Story behind the shot: www.ianhearn.com/post/manohara-1
eBird: ebird.org/checklist/S73447255
My website: www.ianhearn.com/
Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua), Galaringi Rserve, Carlingford, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/australia/checklist/S93608952
The powerful owl (Ninox strenua), a species of owl native to south-eastern and eastern Australia, is the largest owl on the continent. It is found in coastal areas and in the Great Dividing Range, rarely more than 200 km (120 mi) inland.
Source: Wikipedia
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Adult
Family: Pelicans
Little Estero Lagoon
Lee County, FL
2017/04/12
Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis cyanotis). Nurragingy Reserve, Blacktown, NSW, Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/australia/checklist/S84239710
The blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), also colloquially known as the bananabird, is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It is the only member of its genus, and it is most closely related to honeyeaters of the genus Melithreptus.
Source: Wikipedia