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“Observer attentivement, c'est se rappeler distinctement.”
Edgar Allan Poe
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Cuiaba River
The Pantanal
Wild Brazil
South America
The Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher, the only member, monotypic, of the genus Megarynchus.
It breeds in open woodland with some tall trees from Mexico south to Bolivia and Argentina, and through to Trinidad.
The nest, built by the female, is an open saucer of sticks. The typical clutch is two or three whitish eggs heavily blotched with brown. These are incubated mostly by the female for 17–18 days with a further 24 days to fledging.
Adult Boat-billed Flycatchers are one of the largest species of tyrant flycatcher, measuring 23 cm (9.1 in) long and weighing 70 g (2.5 oz).[2] The head is black with a strong white eyestripe and a concealed yellow crown stripe. The upperparts are olive-brown, and the wings and tail are brown with only faint rufous fringes. The underparts are yellow and the throat is white.
The massive black bill, which gives this species its English and generic names, is the best distinction from the similar Great Kiskadee, which also has more rufous tail and wings, and lacks the olive tone to the upperparts. The call is a strident trilled nya, nya, nya.
Boat-billed Flycatchers wait on a concealed perch high in a tree and sally out to catch insects in flight. They will also take invertebrates off the foliage and eat some berries. – Wikipedia
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I took this shot at the Agassiz Tulip Festival yesterday. In this shot, I am emphasizing the beauty of distinction, which I love.
EF50mm f/1.4 USM
F/3.5, 1/1600 sec, ISO 100
If you are interested, I have linked my previous two uploads below:
with one month, four weeks, 30 days to go
i think we all know,
the truth
i have seen almost no snow
and boy i always wanted it to go
away.
but hey.......
not this way.....
please tell me if what you think
tell me the trick
is it or isn't it, a government conspiracy
no snow, warm weather, what next
a hex
no i think that all my gardening is going to change
my plants won't be the same
my skills will have to incorporate
a lot of late knowledge by global gardeners
who took global warming seriously
soon enough my plants may leave me
then and only then shall we be
sorry.
First built in 1112 AD, the temple sits atop a hill 30 kilometers from Chiang Mai. The chedi is said to contain a relic from the Buddha, hence the distinction "Phra That".
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I have been told that Great-tailed Grackles are unloved, but come on, what is there not to love here? This spectacular male held its own against other Grackles and Green Jays, and remains unchallenged for pose and attitude. Yes, these birds have quite a personality! Admired at Choke Canyon State Park, Calliham, Texas.
"Nous avons beau dire: «Mon temps... je perds mon temps... je prends mon temps...» - ce possessif est dérisoire: c'est toujours lui qui nous possède."
Sacha Guitry
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I have been taking a few "candid" images of people recently and trying to overcome my natural discomfort - still learning (at least now I know what my next lens purchase needs to be).
Wet, grey and windy. Just the way we like it.*
*OK, that’s not strictly true but you do have to grab the opportunities when they arise…