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I've been at it again, dabbling with Geralt! Just the body this time cause I did a head transplant. You can get the deets on my blog:
In 2050, scientists began dabbling in genetics, and unknowingly unleashed a virus that transformed susceptible humans into ragin alien-like creatures. 95% of the world's population was infected. The other 5% were only spared because they were in remote locations or away from large amounts of people. Months later, what remained of teh world's government banded together in what was known as the IDA (International Defence Association) to counter the mutant threat. However, they were short of survivors, so they enlisted a man called Axel to help find the survivors and help their plight.
Axel has managed to trace a call for help signal to the base of a top secret organisation working for the government. After the remaining agents, Yvonne, Robert and Michael, meet Axel, they are attacked by a Phase 2 mutant and a Phase 3 Mutant.
Moremi Game Reserve
Okavango Delta
Botswana
Southern Africa
African Pygmy Goose in Moremi Game Reserve in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. The bird was photographed while it was swimming in a pool of water we crossed by bridge on the way back to camp. The male was swimming with its mate.
The African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus) is a perching duck from sub-Saharan Africa. It is the smallest of Africa's wildfowl, and one of the smallest in the world.
Though pygmy geese have beaks like those of geese, they are more related to the dabbling ducks and other species called 'ducks'.
It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
The African Pygmy Goose is one of the smallest of the perching ducks, and it has the average weight of about 285 grams (10.1 oz) for males and 260 grams (9.2 oz) for females. The females have a grayish color with dark eye patches while the males have a white face with vibrant green ear patches and metallic green on their back.
The African Pygmy Goose is known to be nomadic. It can be found across a wide area of sub-Saharan Africa. It prefers inland wetlands with vegetation such as water lilies. It sometimes occupies open swamps, farm dens, river pools, and estuaries. - from Wikipedia
Last year I had the opportunity to watch a gadwall pair in a popular park where sometimes interesting migrating waterfowl join the numerous mallards in late winter/early spring. Wish the light had been better and the water not such a gross color, but I love this dapper drake’s intricate feather patterns! He’s a chubby cheeked pleasing pile of curves!
'In or Out of the Water'. The beautiful Wigeon Female dabbling duck at waters edge, South Yorkshire.
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Notes:
The wigeon is a colourful duck that can often be spotted wheeling round our winter skies in large flocks. A dabbling duck, it surface-feeds on plants and seeds in shallow waters.
Species information
Category:Waterfowl
Statistics
Length: 43-48cm
Wingspan: 80cm
Weight: 650-800g
Average lifespan: 3 years
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Amber under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2015). Protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.
When to see
January to December
About
A common dabbling duck, the wigeon is a winter visitor that gathers in large numbers, particularly on wet grasslands, floodplain meadows, flooded gravel pits and reservoirs with gently sloping edges where they can easily get out onto the grassy banks. Wigeon can be spotted dabbling in close-knit groups or flying in tight formations over wetlands.
How to identify
The wigeon is a medium-sized duck with a round head and short bill. Males are grey with a pink breast, orange head, yellow forehead and obvious white wing patches that can be seen when they fly. Females are similar to Mallard females, but with rusty brown plumage and a pointed tail.
Distribution
Found throughout the country in winter, with large numbers congregating in coastal areas. It breeds in Scotland and Northern England in very small numbers.
Habitats
FreshwaterFarmlandCoastalWetlands
Did you know?
The large numbers of wigeon that visit our wetlands in winter help to place this bird on the Amber list of the UK's Red List for Birds - a national measure of the state of, and threats to, our bird populations. Wildlife Trust Notes.
'Up close'. Portrait of a Nuthatch...Study of its powerful nut cracking beak. A wary bird, always listening, looking out and checking their surroundings. Bluebell Wood, West Yorkshire.
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Nuthatch- 21 facts
The name nuthatch is derived from nut hacker, reflecting the bird's method of opening up nuts by jamming them into a crevice then hammering at them.
Old country names include mud dabbler and mud stopper, both of which note the bird's curious habit of plastering mud around the entrance hole to its nest.
Unlike the treecreeper, which only moves up the trunk of a tree, nuthatches will move both up and down.
Once a bird restricted largely to south-eastern England, the 20th century witnessed a spread to the north, with breeding in Scotland first confirmed in 1989.
Studies have shown that large gardens with oak trees provide the optimum habitat for this species.
One of the reasons for the expansion seems to be the nuthatch's increasing use of bird feeders and bird tables.
As anyone who has nuthatches visiting their feeders will know, they are bold and aggressive, able to stand their ground when larger birds such as starlings attempt to intimidate them.
They will take food from the bird table to store elsewhere: this can lead to sunflowers sprouting in expected places.
Pairs are strongly territorial throughout the year. The fact that food is stored within the territory strengthens the need to defend it.
Though they will readily adopt nest boxes, they cannot resist plastering mud around the entrance hole, even if the latter is already the right size.
The most favoured natural site for a nuthatch is the old nest hole of a great spotted woodpecker.
Nuthatches are one of the nosiest woodland birds in the early spring, but are relatively silent when breeding.
There are 24 different species of nuthatches in the world: our bird has much the widest distribution, as it breeds continually from Portugal to Korea and Japan.
The nuthatch has never been recorded in Ireland.
Most nuthatches are highly sedentary, seldom moving far from where they hatched.
The average distance travelled by a ringed adult nuthatch is less than kilometre.
No British-ringed individuals have ever been recovered abroad, while similarly no birds ringed on the Continent have been found here.
Individuals breeding in Sweden and Norway have distinctive white underparts, unlike the peachy buff of our birds.
Remarkably, a red-breasted nuthatch from North America spent nearly seven months at Holkham in Norfolk from October 1989 to May 1990.
Perhaps surprisingly, the nuthatch has received little in the way of study in Britain, and most of our knowledge comes from work carried out in Sweden and Belgium.
Numbers are known to fluctuate quite widely from year to year, probably reflecting the availability of seed during the winter. Living with birds notes.
There were well over 60 Northern Shovelers (Anas clypeata) at the Glendale Recharge Ponds last weekend (in the middle of the sunny day). I love this dabbling duck - such a cool looking bill!
Have a great weekend my friends!
A male American Wigeon flying above an ice covered ocean in Esquimalt Lagoon.
The American Wigeon is a Dabbling Duck and unlike other Dabblers it sports a shorter bill. It also feeds on a diet higher in plant matter than other Dabbling Ducks. It can be found foraging on land and also hangs out in deeper water where it steals vegetation from diving birds as they surface.
A Mallard Duck Drake (Anas platyrhynchos)
gets ready to land at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas. With over 10 million mallards residing in North America alone, the Mallards are one of the best-known and most recognizable ducks. the mallard is a dabbling duck found throughout temperate and sub-tropical areas around the world. The most abundant and wide-ranging duck on earth. The mallard usually inhabits the freshwaters of North America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, and Australia. Mallards usually feed on plants, such as grass seeds, leaves, stems, and aquatic plants, and vegetation like grains, rice, oats, and corn. However, they are also seen feeding on insects, mollusks, small fish, tadpoles, freshwater snails, fish eggs, frogs, and crustaceans.
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This is a different wigeon from a similar flight shot posted last month. I decided on black and white because thats the kind of day it is.
A mixed flock of mainly Teal and Pochard enjoying the sunshine on a meandering stream in the freshmarsh.
The last day of April 2025 and another trip to WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire.
There was a group of six Gadwall flying around over the outer fields and Tack Piece Lagoon at Slimbridge. I Spent time catching individual Ducks.
The Gadwall is a very grey-coloured dabbling duck, a little smaller than the Mallard, and with an obvious black rear end. It shows a white wing patch in flight. When seen close up the grey/brown colour is made up of exquisitely fine barring and speckling.
I've seen someone use a 1x6 railing wit 4 studs for the front. My model has a mudguard (or a lip) arund the front, which is off, but better than nothing. Trying to incorporate this 1x7x3 railing didn't work, but I just wanted to show you that a model never really is finished.
I like to dabble in all kids of photography from time to time. Here's a landscape at sunset on the island of Mallorca.
I've been dabbling with this one for quite a while and never been fully happy with it. Handheld you see, and as a result, and despite the superlative capabilities of this camera, there is a little bit too much noise for my liking.
But, life's too short to be faffing around with this forever and a day so please enjoy this for what it is.
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Cluke
The Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) is a flamboyant and colorful species of North American waterfowl. Wood Ducks feed by dabbling and they are strong fliers and can reach speeds of 30 mph. They are one of only a few ducks that have claws on their feet, allowing them to perch and nest in trees. They tend to build their nests within one mile of a lake shore, river bank, or other body of water. Egg-dumping, or intraspecific brood parasitism is common in Wood Ducks This woody was photographed while landing at White Rock Lake in Dallas Texas.
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Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus Cygnus. The swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. There are six or seven living (and one extinct) species of swan in the genus Cygnus; in addition, there is another species known as the coscoroba swan, although this species is no longer considered one of the true swans. Swans usually mate for life, although 'divorce' sometimes occurs, particularly following nesting failure, and if a mate dies, the remaining swan will take up with another. The Northern Hemisphere species of swan have pure white plumage but the Southern Hemisphere species are mixed black and white. The Australian black swan (Cygnus atratus) is completely black except for the white flight feathers on its wings; the chicks of black swans are light grey.
The Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa), commonly known as the PBD, is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east. It is usually called the grey duck in New Zealand, where it is also known by its Maori name, pārera. This sociable duck is found in a variety of wetland habitats, and its nesting habits are much like those of the mallard, which is encroaching on its range in New Zealand. It feeds by upending, like other Anas ducks. The Pacific Black Duck is mainly vegetarian, feeding on seeds of aquatic plants. This diet is supplemented with small crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic insects. R_29664
"Unlike dabbling ducks, Hooded Mergansers swim low in the water. Their legs are far back on their bodies, which helps in diving but makes them awkward on land. They take flight by running across the water, flying with fast wingbeats and never gliding until they are about to land (by skidding to a stop on the water). Hooded Mergansers are usually in pairs or small groups of up to 40 birds. " Cornell
Dabbling ducks near the shoreline, in the upper Niagara River…
Mallards and Gadwalls
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With over 10 million mallards residing in North America alone, the Mallards are one of the best-known and most recognizable ducks. the mallard is a dabbling duck found throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas around the world. The most abundant and wide-ranging duck on earth. The mallard usually inhabits the freshwaters of North America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. Mallards usually feed on plants, such as grass seeds, leaves, stems and aquatic plants, and vegetation like grains, rice, oats and corn. However, they are also seen feeding on insects, mollusks, small fish, tadpoles, freshwater snails, fish eggs, frogs and crustaceans. This mating pair of Mallards was photographed at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas.
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This beautiful male American Wigeon was swimming all by himself when we caught sight of him. He moved so gracefully in the water and made ripples as he swam and hunted for his lunch. While most dabbling ducks are denizens of the shallows, American Wigeons spend much of their time in flocks grazing on land. Paradoxically, they also spend more time than other marsh ducks on deep water, where they get much of their food by stealing it from other birds such as coots or diving ducks. This duck was once known as "Baldpate" because of its white crown.
The last day of April 2025 and another trip to WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire.
There was a group of six Gadwall flying around over the outer fields and Tack Piece Lagoon at Slimbridge. I Spent time catching individual Ducks.
The Gadwall is a very grey-coloured dabbling duck, a little smaller than the Mallard, and with an obvious black rear end. It shows a white wing patch in flight. When seen close up the grey/brown colour is made up of exquisitely fine barring and speckling.
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When distanced and without a scale of reference such as another duck nearby, female Green-Winged Teals (aka, American teals) are easy to misidentified as female Mallard Ducks. The Green-Winged Teal is the smallest dabbling duck of North America. The female Teal is distinguished from the female mallard by its green speculum, a patch of shiny, vividly colored feathers on the back of the Teal’s wing.
Kingston, Ontario Marsh
I recently have been dabbling in glass dryplates and in some ways they seems like really expensive x-ray film. There are obvious differences - for one, they're on glass - but the similaries are there.
They are both ortho as hell. Blue sensitive only (though the dry plates are very UV sensitive, I don't know if that's true with X-ray, though I suspect not -- also, this Fuji stuff is slightly green sensitive as well).
Both scratch super easily, though that award definitely goes to x-ray. With emulsion on BOTH sides of the film, you basically have to lookat it wrong and it scratches.
Neither are easy to develop unless you have a dedicated darkroom (in which case, both are equally easy - tray under a dim red light).
Both give very similar looks as they're capturing roughly the same light at relatively similar ISOs (depending on the dry plates and how you rate your x-ray film, obviously).
The big difference is the price. X-ray comes in at around $.25 a 4x5 sheet (and that's on the high end), while dry plates understandably run you about $4 a sheet).
X-ray can be shot in regular film holders (once cut down), while dry plates need a plate holder.
Depending upon the look and feel and project you're doing, it's nice to have a variety of emulsions and looks you can go for. X-ray is a cheap ass way to dig into the world of orthochromatic film, though it comes with a bit of extra work.
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'Intact No. 2'
Camera: Graflex Crown Graphic (1954)
Lens: Steinheil München Anastigmat Actinar 4.5; 135mm
Film: Fuji HR-U X-Ray Film; 25iso
Process: Rodinal; 1+50; 4mins
Adams County, Washington
October 2021
Dabbling with some early digi' shots again;
56302 passing Woodacre on 1/6/13 with 6J37 - 13.01 - Carlisle Yard to Chirk Kronospan Logs.
At the end of January 2025 I spent the morning at WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.
The task for the morning was to get some images of Northern Shovelers in flight.
The Northern Shoveler is my favourite Duck that we see in the UK.
The Northern Shoveler, or Shoveler, is a Dabbling Duck and is common in northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America.
The Shovelers bill has developed a comb like structure on its edges which acts like a sieve to filter out food from the water's.
At the end of January 2025 I spent the morning at WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.
The task for the morning was to get some images of Northern Shovelers in flight.
The Northern Shoveler is my favourite Duck that we see in the UK.
The Northern Shoveler, or Shoveler, is a Dabbling Duck and is common in northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America.
The Shovelers bill has developed a comb like structure on its edges which acts like a sieve to filter out food from the water's.
A trip to Slimbridge, Gloucestershire in early November 2023. The water levels on the lagoons on the outer fields were starting to rise and the winter birds starting to arrive.
A male Eurasian Teal on the Tack Piece Lagoon.
The Eurasian Teal, also known as the Teal or Common Teal, is the smallest dabbling duck in Europe.
The Eurasian Teal is similar to the Green Winged Teal which differs by having a vertical white stripe on the side of the breast and a much less defined white border around the green stripe on the face.
Many hundreds of Teal fly into Slimbridge to spend their Winter on the outer fields.
'Dabbling beauty'. Here for the winter, the beautiful Northern Pintail, a male pictured here at the waters edge, East Anglia.
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Pintail Notes:-
When spotting the pintail in winter, look out for the fabulous, long tail feathers that characterise it. This dabbling duck feeds at the water's surface, rather than diving for food.
Species information
Category: Waterfowl
Statistics
Length: 55-65cm
Wingspan: 88cm
Weight: 700-900g
Average lifespan: 3 years
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Amber under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2015). Protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.
When to see: January to December
About
The pintail is an uncommon dabbling duck, which rarely breeds in the UK and is most likely to be seen during the winter when it can be found with other ducks. Larger numbers gather on selected sheltered estuaries, such as the Wash and the Dee Estuary. Like all dabbling ducks, pintails feed at the surface rather than diving for their food. They eat plant food when dabbling, but will supplement their diet with insects and molluscs in the breeding season.
How to identify
The pintail is easily distinguished by its long, pointed tail feathers. Males have a chestnut-coloured head, white neck and grey body, while females are mottled brown with smaller, pointed tails. Pintails also have a long, graceful neck.
Distribution
Mainly a winter visitor to coasts and estuaries. Small numbers nest here, particularly in northern Scotland.
Habitats: FreshwaterCoastalWetlands
Did you know?
The oldest pintail was recorded as living to 27 years of age! Normally, these ducks live for an average of about three years, breeding after a year. Pintails will lay up to nine eggs in a concealed nest on the ground, some distance from the water. At best, only a third of their clutch will live long enough to breed themselves - the chicks are vulnerable to predators such as foxes, crows, magpies and birds of prey. WT Notes.
Key information
Slightly bigger than a mallard, these long-necked and small-headed ducks fly with a curved back pointed wings and a tapering tail, making this the best way to distinguish them from other ducks in the UK.
The pintail is a 'quarry' species, meaning that it can be legally shot in winter, but - unlike in parts of Europe - it does not appear that shooting is affecting their population status in the UK. The small breeding population and significant winter population make them an Amber List species.
What they eat:
A variety of plants and invertebrates.
Measurements:
Length:63-70cm
Wingspan:80-95cm
Weight:0.55 to 2.2 kgPopulation:
UK breeding:9-33 pairs
UK wintering:29,000 birds
Identifying features:
This bird species has different identifying features depending on sex/age/season.
RSPB Notes.
Naples Botanical Gardens
Southwest Florida
USA
The blue-winged teal (Spatula discors) is a species of bird in the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae. One of the smaller members of the dabbling duck group, it occurs in North America, where it breeds from southern Alaska to Nova Scotia, and south to northern Texas. It winters along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and south into the Caribbean islands and Central America.
The range is all of North America except western and northern Alaska, northern Yukon Territory, northern Northwest Territories and the northeastern area of Canada. Blue-winged teal are rare in the desert southwest, and the west coast. The breeding habitat of the blue-winged teal is marshes and ponds.
Blue-winged teal inhabit shoreline more often than open water and prefer calm water or sluggish currents to fast water. They inhabit inland marshes, lakes, ponds, pools, and shallow streams with dense emergent vegetation. In coastal areas, breeding occurs in salt-marsh meadows with adjoining ponds or creeks. Blue-winged teal use rocks protruding above water, muskrat houses, trunks or limbs of fallen trees, bare stretches of shoreline, or mud flats for resting sites. - Wikipedia