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Bycatch during the Gamakatsu Team Series on the Gold Coast (Paradise Point) on 18th January, 2009. We caught 3 bream between me and my boater, for a total weight of 1.115kg - a poor showing of bream. The bream were quite shy and not very abundant, and we didn't catch nearly as many as we had hoped, so we didn't end anywhere near the top of the scoreboard.
Gear:
Shimano T-curve 702XL Spin
Shimano JDM Twinpower 2500 w/ 2500S spool
Sunline F.C. Rock 2lb
Berkley Powerbait 3" Bass Minnow in galaxia green (1/8oz TT jighead)
Darter dragonfly on my finger. Having got the dragonfly used to me being there, I persuaded it to walk onto my finger where it stayed for about 3 minutes whilst I took photographs. Natural light
Face Off!
Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) newly emerged from it's nymph stage still clinging on to it's former exoskeleton as first it's body elongates followed by the wings which are slowly unfurled and have body fluids pumped into them causing them to expand and then harden suitably enough for flight.......
The Saber Dart is a compact, highly maneuverable fighter designed for short-range combat support. Lacking FTL capability, it excels in defensive operations and hit-and-run strikes when deployed from larger capital ships. Its sleek design prioritizes agility, making it a formidable asset in fast-paced skirmishes.
Unlike standard fighters, the Saber Dart features a low-profile canopy, reducing its visibility and making it harder for enemies to lock onto. This unique design requires pilots to adopt a prone position, accessing dual flight sticks and a streamlined control panel for maximum efficiency in tight, high-speed engagements. Additionally, the fighter’s advanced articulating wings fold seamlessly to minimize its footprint within the hangar bays of the assault carriers it typically serves, ensuring rapid deployment and optimized storage capacity.
instructions can be found here:
rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-201913/Rics%20Chaos/saber-dart/#...
African Darter (Anhinga rufa) perched upon a tree stump on the banks of the Victoria Nile.
Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
Canon 5D |EF 100-400mm L | f/5.6 | 1/125 sec | ISO 200 | hand-held
For posterity. I had to sell this dart board a few days ago in preparation for the move across the country. It was sad, because I had always imagined that I'd bring it with me. So I thought I'd post a few pictures so that I can remember the good times... dartsing it up in my garage in Val Verde. I don't feel too bad about selling it though, as I bought it for $100, put $50 worth of parts on it, and then sold it for $400. I win...
Ruddy Darter, (Sympertrum sanguineum),
The male is readily identified byits very bright red adbomen, strongly constricted near the front and bearing prominent black marks on segments 8 and 9. The female has a yellowish and resembles the female Common Darter, but differs in having completely black legs and a yellow patch at the base of the hindwing. It breeds in well-vegetated ponds; flies June-September. Many of the insects seen in the British Isles are probably immigrants from the continent,.
Order, - Odonata,
Family,- Libellulidae,
Species in Family, - 1,250,
Size, - 4 - 8 cm ( wingspan ),
Feeding, - Nymphs and adults; predators,
Impact, - Harmless,
JOC DART, NOU, CLASIC, CU SAGETI CU VARF DE METAL. PLACA E ACOPERITA CU UN FEL DE CATIFEA ASPRA, CU INSERTII DIN METAL. DIAMETRUL TINTEI ESTE DE 38cm.
This male Common Darter favoured a particular perch and allowed me to approach closely and to set my tripod up. As the insect wasn't side on I decided to take lots of images focussing at different points and I was then able to merge these images later in photoshop. This method enables you to shoot at f5 to blur the background and keep your shutter speed up but still retain a front to back sharp insect.
The Darter, sometimes known as a Shag or Snake Bird, often swims with only the snake-like neck showing above the water. Similar in appearance to cormorants, it has a much longer neck and more pointed bill.
Mary River National Park, Australia #0259
9 October 2016
from Simply Knitting November issue 2007 by Alan Dart, he is not finished, but at the cute wants to be photo'd stage
The African Darter (Anhinga rufa ), sometimes called the Snakebird, is a water bird of tropical sub-Saharan Africa.
This species builds a stick nest in a tree and lays 3-6 eggs. It often nests with herons, egrets and cormorants.
It is an 80 cm long cormorant-like fish-eating species with a very long neck which occurs in both saline and fresh water, especially near mangroves. It often swims with only the neck above water.
The male is mainly glossy black with white streaking, but females and immature birds are browner. The African Darter differs in appearance from the American Darter most recognisably by its thin white lateral neck stripe against a rufous background colour. The pointed bill should prevent confusion with cormorants.
The African Darter is a member of the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to American (Anhinga anhinga), Oriental (Anhinga melanogaster), and Australian (Anhinga novaehollandiae) Darters.
There are an isolated tiny population of the African Darter at the Lower Mesopotamian wetlands in Iraq. The bird used to breed there in breeding colonies with Pygmy Cormorant and Sacred Ibis and other Waterfowl.
San Diego Zoo-San Diego Ca.
Comparison shot between a common darter and a black darter.......some of you know commons are not the largest of dragons at a couple or so inches long. In this shot you can see the blacks are much smaller. The male black in this shot is one of the larger ones but still much smaller in the body than the common. And the fly.......it just didn't want to be left out :-)
Haven't been out much of late........suffering on the bed of near death with the dreaded man cold..... the worst thing in the known universe for all men :-(
Was feeling the need yesterday afternoon to get out take in some fresh air......there is only so much trash TV you can watch before brain death sets-in.
So walking like a zombie extra from all the trash TV.... I took to the heaths.
Still a good number of sand and common lizards about trying to make the most of the intermittent sunshine. It's really good to see a good number of both young common and sand lizards. Depending on the weather we should still be able to see lizards for another week or two before they settle down for the winter.
On the dragonfly front still managed to see southern and migrant hawkers, commons and black darters about. Again it the weather holds some of these should still be with us for a few more weeks, commons are normally the last to go with sightings into early Nov still possible.
An inbound Orange Line DART train from Belt Line slows for its stop at the Irving Convention Center. The train will head south into the city then loop back north before stopping at LBJ/Central. Some orange line trains continue further north to the end of the line at Parker Road. Soon, the Orange Line will be pushed beyond Belt Line into DFW Airport.