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Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Juvenile
Ridgefield NWR
2015:10:05 12:09:30
Pentax K3 - Sigma
500mm
750mm (in 35mm film)
1/800 sec, f/9
Metering: Spot
ISO: 640
More photos of Colour!
Done using a paper background with a light source behind it and my pop up flash (all I had with me) set at -2/3 to provide fill light! (Thank you Pat Kane)
The Canada goose is a large wild goose species with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. Native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, its migration occasionally reaches northern Europe.
Canada Geese live in a great many habitats near water, grassy fields, and grain fields. Canada Geese are particularly drawn to lawns for two reasons: they can digest grass, and when they are feeding with their young, manicured lawns give them a wide, unobstructed view of any approaching predators. So, they are especially abundant in parks, airports, golf courses, and other areas with expansive lawns.
In spring and summer, geese concentrate their feeding on grasses and sedges, including skunk cabbage leaves and eelgrass. During fall and winter, they rely more on berries and seeds, including agricultural grains, and seem especially fond of blueberries. They’re very efficient at removing kernels from dry corn cobs. Two subspecies have adapted to urban environments and graze on domesticated grasses.
During much of the year they associate in large flocks, and many of these birds may be related to one another. They mate for life with very low “divorce rates,” and pairs remain together throughout the year. Geese mate “assortatively,” larger birds choosing larger mates and smaller ones choosing smaller mates; in a given pair, the male is usually larger than the female. Most Canada Geese do not breed until their fourth year.
(Nikon 300/2.8 + TC 1.7, 1/1600 @ f/8.0, ISO 450)
A Butte Anaconda & Pacific crew departs Montana Resources in Butte, MT with a cut of covered gons loaded with concentrates.
I was so pleased with the home-made simnel cake, plus I managed to find some gorgeous pink apple blossom, I decided to compose another scene — this time, concentrating on just the apple blossom with a closer composition to really feature the cake.
My daily weather report: a horrible mixture of rain, sleet and snow, no outdoor weather for cats although Linus and Fynn both tried but returned after a few minutes. Fynn and Cleo both decided to do the only reasonable thing to do on such a day and took a long, long nap. Linus who considers sleep as a waste of time, was bored (again), especially as I had to work and did my best not to show any reaction to his meowing. The meowing finally stopped when Linus discovered a FLY in the house. Super entertainment for Linus but not so much for everybody else as Linus is a chaotic and noisy hunter. I couldn't concentrate on my work anymore and Cleo erupted like a feline volcano when Linus ran into her for the second time. Twenty minutes and a broken flower pot later the fly was history. Peace returned and while I cleaned the floor Linus mentioned that he was bored (again).
Abstract created from using twirl art and a couple of distortion filters, blend if sliders, layers and a little of this and that. :-)
This is my concentration face that i've been trying to force myself to put on all day... alas, i am about to embark on my essay that's due tomorrow... right now!
And no, i am not grimacing as much as it might look like it... i think it's the light. i dunno. no time for creativity.
SOME MORE IMAGES from Pantelleria.................wishing you all a fabulous week ahead!
U Jardino is a stone garden built like a temple, designed for citrus plants, such as lemons, limes, mandarins and oranges. It has high walls to protect the trees from the strong winds and to keep the temperature warm in the winter.
Here you can see also the famous vineyards of the passito of Pantelleria ( Cantina Salvatore Murano)................
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Straw wine, or raisin wine, is a wine made from grapes that have been dried to concentrate their juice. The result is similar to that of the ice wine process, but suitable for warmer climates. The classic method dries clusters of grapes on mats of straw in the sun, but some regions dry them under cover, some hang up the grapes, and the straw may be replaced by modern racks. The technique dates back to pre-Roman times
In Italy, the generic name for these wines is passito. The method of production is called rasinate (to dry and shrivel). The Passito di Pantelleria is one of the most famouses; Other famous passitos include Vin Santo in Tuscany, Recioto and Amarone around Verona, and Sciachetrà from the Cinque terre east of Genoa.
A nice thing to observe with these birds is how they concentrate and focus on their target, almost like there is only it and it's food, nothing else.
I had the chance for a quick stroll around the Sneydes Rd area this morning, lots of birds about including this White-faced Heron.
50 years ago today two spans of Hobart's Tasman Bridge fell into the Derwent River after a ship hit a supporting pier.
On January 5, 1975, the SS Lake Illawarra was en route to Risdon with a cargo of zinc concentrate.
As it approached the Tasman Bridge, the captain lost control and the ship struck the bridge, halfway between the central navigation span and the eastern shore.
Parts of the bridge fell onto the 135-metre-long vessel and it quickly sank.
Seven crew members of the Lake Illawarra and five in the four cars that drove over the edge died.
The Marine Board of Inquiry found captain Boleslaw Pelc guilty of careless navigation.
The bridge joins the eastern and western parts of Hobart and until the bridge repairs were complete, two and a half years later, commuters had to queue for ferries or make a 90 minute detour via the next bridge upriver.
The demolished pier wasn't rebuilt. Instead. the two missing spans were replaced by a deeper single span which can be seen in my photo between the third and fourth pair of piers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-05/tasman-bridge-collapse-50t...
... a tiny native bee seen in our son's garden concentrating nectar.
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Luke practicing his Jedi skills on Dagobah. I really like the way they used the clear piece for his handstand. It's quite clever and it solves the problem of minifig arms being too short for handstands :-)
P.S. I tried to upload this yesterday but Flickr wasn't working well and I kept getting an "Internal Server Error"? Has anyone else had problems with Flickr this week?
I really appreciate when a critter is patient with me, allowing me to concentrate on focus and composition