Birds on RSPB Reserves - They've never forgotten the birds!
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...i decide to upload this also...i like this also very much...
...listen to this...if you have time...:)))
I remember deciding to try this on on the spur of the moment one night, as it had hung in my wardrobe for months with the tags still on. I didn't really think much of it at the time...
The Pyrrhuloxia (pronounced however your mouth decides in the moment) is the desert’s answer to a cardinal—same spiky crest, but with more attitude and less hydration.
I found this one perched on a rare leafy ocotillo, posing like he owned the place. With his candy-corn beak, dusty-red plumage, and permanent side-eye, he’s the bird version of a grumpy old-timer who’s seen things.
He’s tougher than his Northern cousin—built for heat, sand, and yelling at you from a bush for reasons known only to him. His song? Like a cardinal, but sharper, higher, and just a little bit judgmental.
Get the light right, and he glows like a desert ember.
He sings with a sting and glares like a monk—
A feathered grump with desert funk.
The UK Decides ...
while Clouds are Rolling over the Skies ...
*It's not St George's
*St Andrew's
*St David's or
*St Patric's .... A Nation's adoption of its flag celebrates a historical event ...
Semasiology & Semiotics over a cup of tea ...
“I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.” W.B. Yeats
❀ڿڰۣ♥ღ Thanks kindly for all your visits & the pink stars ... ★s ♥ღ
If you decide to travel along this highway into the bowels of the Universe, carry enough fuel to cover the billions of light years ahead of you. You won't find a place to refuel. When you have travelled this distance without finding anything, not even a little bit of intelligent life and you reach the far reaches of the Universe... don't be scared... there's nothing there, either. Only the "nothing". Or since everything is cyclical, perhaps you have returned to the place where you started, full of wisdom from your long trip. It's probably better to look for intelligent life on Earth, but it's also very likely that you'll have a hard time finding it. Don't worry about not understanding the Universe or the reason for its existence... you're not Einstein, but one day you'll understand that... The Universe is wounded, but it still has infinity ahead of it. It still has you and me. Merry Christmas to all and to the infinite Universe that is within you.
Gregory Alan Isakov - The Universe
Y el Universo está susurrando tan suavemente que puedo oírlo todo... el zumbido de los insectos, todos los taxis, todo el cambio gastado de los vagabundos, todos los chicos jugando a la pelota en los callejones. Son sólo pliegues en su vestido. El Universo, está herido, pero aún tiene el infinito por delante. Todavía nos tiene a ti y a mí. Y todos dicen que es hermoso. Y todos dicen...
Image dédiée à Pat. Joyeux Noël. Bisou, jolie.
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Music for your trip to the Universe:
Ground Control to Major Tom. Ground Control to Major Tom. Take your protein pills and put your helmet on. Ground Control to Major Tom (ten, nine, eight, seven, six)... Commencing countdown, engines on (five, four, three)... Check ignition and may God's love be with you (two, one, liftoff...)
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts VI–IX
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond", was written as a tribute to Syd Barrett, one of the founders of Pink Floyd. He was also known as "The Crazy Diamond Syd". Barrett was a very creative musician and is considered one of the rock icons, with a strong influence on many artists, very especially to David Bowie. Syd Barrett is a key piece to understand the evolution of rock in the 70s.. Excessive drug use, especially LSD, caused him serious mental health problems. Syd Barrett died in 2006 at the age of 60. Always shine diamond.
The Universal is a science fiction song written as a tribute to two films by film director Stanley Kubrick. In the video, the Blur members wear outfits similar to Alex and his gang of thugs, the protagonists of the movie "A Clockwork Orange." The image used for the cover of the single alluded to what is possibly Kubrick's best film: "2001: To Space Odyssey."
We haven't changed that much in 300,000 years of evolution.
Moby - We Are All Made of Stars
Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien
Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun
PS: Electronic - Can't Find My Way Home Just a recommendation. It is important to learn the road signs of the Universe... happy return.
PS: Ground Control to Major Tom. Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong. Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you...
"Here am I floating 'round my tin can, far above the moon. Planet Earth is blue. And there's nothing I can do" (Major Tom)
PS: Merry Christmas to all Flick(e)r users... and to the Universe full of crazy diamonds that shine... And Major Tom
it is where you really decide who you are as a photographer, and where you shape your project :-)
Jonas Bendiksen
once thought to be extinct, this "doe doe bird" has been making all too frequent visits to our back yard bird feeder...she stays entirely too long, 10 -15 minutes on this visit, and consumes quite a bit of bird seed...and when she's not getting her fill of bird seed, i believe she is responsible for "pruning" our day lilies, hydrangea, plumbago and creeping raspberry ;-((
on the bright side, i did spot her "fertilizing" our back yard ;-)
Deciding it best to stand united, the little men push their desks together and get to work…
Let's keep building a world founded on kindness and compassion.
Sending light and love, my friends.
Heron on a fence
Decides if I can take his
Photograph today
SOOC
Copyright. Please do not use this photo or share on a website without written permission.
I am a tea drinker, but usually 1 maybe two a day. I love the taste of coffee but it cleans me out. We don't need that.
Happy Teddy Bear Tuesday
Animated pose and dresses : Insomnia Angel . I can't decide what to wear. At The Warehouse Sale.
Garter : Insomnia Angel . cotton baby - string garter
Top : Insomnia Angel . cotton baby - chiffon top. In main store.
Panties : -Sorumin- Tenderness SET -Panties
Hair : VCO ~ ROO Hair.
Tattoo : IVY - ANTHEIA - white tintable. In main store.
Skin : [Glam Affair] Emma [Lelutka EvoX] Blush B. At The Fifty.
Head and blush : Lelutka - lel EvoX XIA 3.1
Decor :
Pitaya - Boho picnic Set. incl Poufs and cushions, table, denterpiece, tent. In main store.
Pitaya - Paper flower garden - Planter, Trellis w flowers, At Fameshed, later in main store.
Pitaya - bath Ritual - Bathtube, chrystals, cencer, lavender seeds, tiles, candles. In main store.
Serenity Style- Vintage Treasures - Mannequin
KOPFKINO - Miss Vanity - Mannequin Corset and Mannequin Dress.
Kalopsia - Pastel Morning - Old Mirror
garden by anc "jugoya" Japanese pampas grass
The Macro Mondays theme for today, 9/6, is candy. This is a jolly rancher sour gummy. It’s in pretty close- since the gummy is about an inch long; i used a clip-on macro lens. Am liking this because the sugar crystals show up and also form the bokeh.....
But i also like the experiment fail, next in the photostream. i thought it would be cool to "tie-dye" a piece of cotton candy, using food coloring-- but dissolved it right quick ~grin~... who knows --when i wake up in the morning, i may decide to use the experiment one ~~giggling~~
“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses, and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.”
― Bob Moawad
#VirtualWorlds#SecondLife#SL#secondlifestyle#FAGA#SILU#SophisticatedIndependentLuxuriousUnbothered#Equal10
- was deciding the Goat scratching its cheek.
A small herd of grazing goats manage chalk grassland of the Reserve. These are domesticated goats (Capra hircus) that fit well into rocky landscape of this area. Grazing was performed by sheep in the past, but goats might be more efficient in this job, and they have horns too. It would be interesting to see if it brings more orchids and other wildflowers, or they will be eaten. Avon Wildlife Trust, Bathford near Bath, England, UK
you can decide today to choose them :-)
Robert Brault
HGGT!!
hybrid magnolia, 'Green Mist', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
HMM-- the piece itself is just under 2 inches tall and this is a portion of it. need to refresh my memory before i decide whether or not to choose this for the HMM topic of glaze...... but it's SO pretty!!
Time decides who you meet in your life,
Your heart decides who you want to carry with you in your life
and your behavior decides who stays in your life.
The last shot on a wonderful hazy misty morning before the sun took charge. This viewpoint gives the cliffs the dramatic emphasis they deserve, they're really frightening and loose close up. Deciding to run by Richmond Fontaine has little to do with this photo, but it's a good sky so I'm deciding to run down to the beach.
I could not decide whether to post this image its certainly not what you would call pretty . Nevertheless I like the way the sun catches the building set against a very menacing sky. Some people will find this not easy on the eye will post something less harsh tomorrow.
This was taken from our bedroom of the Doubletree hotel in Greenway Plaze in Houston Texas . One of the oddest hotels I have ever stayed in, the hotel was very quiet and it was in the middle of this very futuristic architecture there was a total absence of people it was like being in some weird Sci Fi set.
We only spent one night in Houston it was not a successful trip . Driving into the city was crazy there seemed to be about twenty lanes of road some tolled some not I took a toll lane by mistake not a good plan we ended up picking up a fine . Leaving Houston was even worse there was torrential rain and the I 10 interstate was closed in our direction . The GPS diverted me down some Texas backroads by then the rain was so heavy the Chevy was aquaplaning all over the road . I have driven thousands of miles in the USA and this was the first time I was scared . Eventually we got back onto the freeway and made in to Lafayette without any further problems it was a long day behind the wheel.
The reason we went to Houston was just to see the Chapel containing some huge Marc Rothko murals . It was interesting to see them but they left me fairly unmoved I much prefer the Seagram murals in Tate Modern in London . You win some and you lose some thats the fun of travelling
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH. ANYONE MAKING MULTIPLE FAVES WITHOUT COMMENTS WILL SIMPLY BE BLOCKED
It's about time I posted photos of my big brother ... he is the reason I took up photography now more than 50 years ago. Today would have been his 73rd birthday but he left us at age 46. I won't bother with bemoaning and detailing how profound our loss was ... he wouldn't condone it if he were here.
We photographed together when time and circumstance allowed and I would often turn my camera to him as my subject. Two examples of my informal portraiture of him are in this diptych. Although I had no way of knowing it at the time, all of these extemporaneous portraits would become a treasure to me after his death. I return to them often to provoke good memories that deserve provocation for their goodness and if only to remind me of our times together and to serve as the 'voice in my ear' when I am editing my own work. I often look at my own images when deciding if they are 'keepers' by asking myself "what would my brother have said about them?" It keeps me honest in some mysterious and wondrous way ... thank you big brother and happy birthday. "Anon, or sooner!"
I was deciding which shots to post of this Short Eared Owl that has been a popular superstar since his arrival. I thought this was an interesting spot where he decided to perch for awhile. The lighting was tricky since it came from the front. I really wanted a background instead of a high key frontal shot. Although a farther shot, I thought this view was the best for that situation.
When one of these speed demons decides to sit still for a second; they make for quite the nice subject.
Bird photography sounds peaceful. You picture me quietly communing with nature, sipping coffee while majestic creatures flutter by, posing politely like they’re in a Disney movie. That’s a lie. The truth involves hauling lawn chairs, tripods, and a camera bag that weighs more than a third grader across the desert before sunrise—all to sit motionless next to a glorified livestock trough filled with water I wouldn’t let my enemies drink.
This cattle tank, which I have gentrified into a “desert oasis” (by tossing in a stick), is now a fine-dining establishment for birds. The stick is important. I found it on the ground, which makes it natural, and I chose one with bark and lichen because birds don’t like muddy feet—and I like a pretty perch.
Birds don’t just fly in, though. First, they land about twenty-five feet away in what I call the staging area, where they scope things out and decide if it’s safe to drink. Just as I know birds come here for water, they know hawks come here for birds. If it seems risky, they vanish into the brush to post angry tweets about predator privilege.
This time, an American Robin decided to play along. He glided down to the branch, dipped his beak into the water, then raised his head to swallow—because robins, like most birds, can’t gulp. They rely on gravity to get the water down. No swallow muscles. No peristalsis. Just tip and pray.
As he tilted his head back, water spilled from his beak. I fired off a burst of photos. In this frame, he’s in perfect profile, water spilling from his bill, with a few droplets stopped in mid-air and a few reached the surface, sending delicate ripples across the pond.
His reflection was beautiful and haunting, like a bird pondering the mysteries of hydration—or maybe just wondering why some guy shoved a branch in his drinking fountain.
In the desert, water is liquid gold. To birds, cattle tanks are survival. To me, they’re proof that lugging heavy gear into the wilderness to photograph a robin mid-sip is a perfectly reasonable way to spend retirement.
Especially if you're trying to avoid housework.
He lifts his head to the sky—a gravity feed,
’Cause evolution said, “Nah—gulping’s not a need.
A rainy day here in London Ontario, not conducive to outdoor photography at all, so looking through my older shots. This is an unpublished image from last May of a mother duck and her young ducklings in tow with a dream like reflection on the water.
I was having trouble deciding on a title for this shot when I remembered a line from a Van Morrison song: "Then magnificently we will float Into the mystic" which seemed to fit the shot perfectly.
Thanks for viewing and hope you enjoy!
you decide what you are photographing :-)
Stephen Johnson
HFF! Truth Matters!
tall bearded iris, 'Slovak Prince', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Deciding to walk closer to Soda Lake yesterday to get a low photo with the hills in the background was an excellent decision. For a long time now I've wanted to witness American Avocets breeding. I've seen photos and video of what others have captured. I got to witness that yesterday. I was watching these two as they called and flew in pretty close to me. One kept it's head down for a long time (I thought it was just eating) so after checking my image real quickly and seeing that it wasn't eating but just hovering its bill above the water made me stop and think back to other images I'd seen. I quickly got low again and watched. It was over in an instant, but what an elegant behavior to observe. All I could say softly to myself was, "wow, wow, wow."
Inside Fort Jefferson, located in Dry Tortugas National Park, which is a two-and-a-half-hour boat ride west 70 miles from Key West.
Colossal strobe off to the left. Reflectors in the sand.
Do me a favor (I rarely ask), and press L.
If you're interested in seeing more of my work, check out my photoblog at Buck Christensen Photography.
I'm always attracted to these ... see first comment box. Perhaps a therapist could explain?
- Sintra, Portugal -
I love standing waiting for the storms and squalls to approach, watching everyone else leave the beach. I just get so absorbed in trying to capture all the drama that i forget about the imminent soaking. Deciding whether to run for cover or not is usually a last second spur of the moment thing.I usually just turn my back, cover the camera and wait , while the hail bounces off and all around me. Deciding to Run is by Richmond Fontaine, sometimes I'll run to a cliff or cave .
🇫🇷 À Pietracorbara, la commune a décidé de redonner vie à sa tour génoise. En ruine depuis les années 1940, ce monument historique, datant du XVIe siècle, va bientôt devenir une tour de surveillance pour la baignade.
12 mètres de hauteur, 7 mètres de diamètre, il aura fallu près d'un an et demi de travaux pour redonner vie à la tour génoise de Pietracorbara, détruite par les Allemands en 1943.
Une reconstruction qui a nécessité une phase préalable d'étude et de documentation importante des archives de Gênes.La reconstruction s'est faite avec les plans d’origine et tout le descriptif des travaux et de la commande de cette tour à l’époque de sa construction en 1549
🇬🇧 In Pietracorbara, the municipality decided to revive its Genoese tower. In ruins since the 1940s, this historic monument, dating from the 16th century, will soon become a watchtower for swimming.
12 meters high, 7 meters in diameter, it took almost a year and a half of work to restore the Genoese tower of Pietracorbara, destroyed by the Germans in 1943.
A reconstruction that required a preliminary phase of study and important documentation of the archives of Genoa.The reconstruction was done with the original plans and all the description of the works and the commission of this tower at the time of its construction in 1549
🇮🇹 A Pietracorbara, il comune ha deciso di ridare vita alla sua torre genovese. In rovina dagli anni '40, questo monumento storico, risalente al XVI secolo, diventerà presto una torre di sorveglianza per la balneazione.
12 metri di altezza, 7 metri di diametro, ci è voluto quasi un anno e mezzo di lavori per ridare vita alla torre genovese di Pietracorbara, distrutta dai tedeschi nel 1943.
Una ricostruzione che ha richiesto una fase preliminare di studio e documentazione importante degli archivi di Genova.La ricostruzione è avvenuta con i piani originali e tutta la descrizione dei lavori e la commessa di questa torre al momento della sua costruzione nel 1549
Although there is a sense in which the camera does indeed capture reality, not just interpret it, photographs are as much an interpretation of the world as paintings and drawings are :-)
Susan Sontag
HFF! Truth Matters!
narcissus, daffodil, 'Kassels Gold', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina