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Today, October 22, 2024, my wife and I headed east out of Summerside towards the Dunk River area. Like the Trout River are which we visited a couple of days earlier, Dunk River is a spectacular natural reserve which is quickly accessible from Summerside. Not only is the river pristine and surrounded by natural woodland, there is a public nature trail that parallels the river for at least 3.5 Kms. On this day, we followed the trail from its head until is ended before turning around and heading back towards its head. Despite being on the trail for a few hours, we only met one other person on the way out, and then two more on the way back. It was a nice quiet hike in nature with nothing to notice but the trickling of the stream and the occasional sounds of leaves falling or birds singing.
This particular photo was probably taken about half way in at a lovely bend in the river. The golden hues of autumn were apparent everywhere.
Hiking along a remote beach on beautiful Dunk Island, noticed this eel foraging along the beach shore. Not sure type, long finned eel, might be Moray ?
It was good hike, lots of stingrays in the shallows (we inadvertently walked amongst them), and deeper out we could see turtles and a black tip reef shark.
Ashlee Salamon / Arizona Daily Wildcat
Shiloh Miller Marketing Senior participates and gets dunked in the homecoming festivities Wed. Nov. 3rd on the mall.
Look at the splash of water. It looks like a guy is about to dunk.
Strobist:
Canon 430EX camera right aimed in front of the glass diffused with a grey plastic bag triggered by V2s.
Vivitar 285HV camera left behind glass diffused with a grey plastic bag triggered by V2s.
While walking the hollowed grounds of the Antietam Battlefield during the 2017 Illumination I came upon this scene along the intersection of the former Sharpsburg Pike and Smoketown Road across from the famed Dunker Church.
Health and Science cover graphic explaining the physiology of slam dunking. Ink pen drawing colorized in Photoshop and Illustrator vector graphics.
Online version: alturl.com/t4fvw
View from Dunk Island onto the Australian mainland. Photo shot directly from the large Bar area ;-)
Dunk Island lies 4 km off the Australian east coast, opposite the town of Mission Beach. The island forms part of the Family Islands National Park and is in the larger Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Dunk Island is by far the largest island in the Family Islands National Park, all of which consist of granite rock. All of the islands were part of the mainland before the last sea level rise began 8,000 years ago. Dunk Island covers 970ha, of which 730ha is national park and the rest is freehold. Its topography varies, with sandy beaches and rocky shores, slightly undulating slopes, foothills and steeper semi-rugged terrain. Mount Kootaloo is the island's highest point, at 271 m above sea level.
There are over 100 species of birds on Dunk Island, including rare and vulnerable seabirds. During the summer months, the island becomes a breeding site for terns and noddies. The lack of predators, along with a plentiful supply of food from the surrounding reef waters, make it an ideal nesting site. Dunk Island is also home to reptiles such as pythons, tree snakes, geckos and skinks. The island's fringing reefs and surrounding waters are home to an array of marine life such as sea turtles, dugongs, corals, fish, shellfish and crabs. Purtaboi Island (the small island directly out from Dunk Island) is closed and inaccessible for guests from October through to April each year due to the crested terns nesting on the island. [Source: Wikipedia]
Canon EOS 350D, Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC.
Processed with Photomatix Pro (Tone Mapping) and PS CS5.
Ashlee Salamon / Arizona Daily Wildcat
Shiloh Miller Marketing Senior participates and gets dunked in the homecoming festivities Wed. Nov. 3rd on the mall.
Happy 2010! Finally we can look back and literally dunk all the bad things we've gone through in 2009 and look forward for what is ahead in 2010!
I'll really try to take more photos this year at least, that's for sure! :D
This is a family of six Crows (It was four...the parents apparently had a couple of kids over the Winter.). I have watched the juveniles growing into adulthood. I feed all of them treats and give them water and they delight me with their antics and occasionally allow me to take photographs of them.
Enjoy more avian antics in my set, "Crow Life:"
www.flickr.com/photos/motorpsiclist/sets/72157626980246291/
They have an amazing variety of vocalizations: the familiar "caw," of course, but also buzzing, clicking, something that sounds like whining, a call somewhat similar to a turkey’s, "Nyeah!," "Huh-uh!,” and a soothing cluck that sounds like a hen when she's satisfied. I heard that clucking one evening when they were perched in the trees, and softly clucking to one another.
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Ashlee Salamon / Arizona Daily Wildcat
Shiloh Miller Marketing Senior participates and gets dunked in the homecoming festivities Wed. Nov. 3rd on the mall.
The Dunker Church was built in 1852, by a group of immigrants from what is now Germany. A pacifist Christian group, they were called Dunkers because they believed in full-immersion baptism.
In spite of the Dunker's peaceful ways, their church was the scene of a bloodbath during the American Civil War.
On September 17, 1862, thousands of men were killed or wounded at the church during the Battle of Antietam (called the Battle of Sharpsburg in the South). The church itself was severely damaged during the battle.
Near Sharpsburg, MD, on 6-22-16