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A pronghorn lying in sagebrush was a rare sight for me. Even at rest it had the appearance of a coiled spring, ready to launch like a rock from a slingshot at the first sign of danger. Along Route 287 near Lamont, Wyoming.
After yesterdays changes to the lockdown rules I am now able to stretch my legs beyond the confines of my village and see my 1st train since March 19th!!!!
That train was 1Q49 Derby RTC - Skegness with 43062 'John Armitt' and 43014 on the rear. Seen passing Aslockton on 14th May 2020
A ford crossing Easedale Beck, with Tarn Crag as the backdrop. Camera jpeg edited in Snapseed. Happy Fence Friday!
About twenty minutes previous to seeing these deer we heard a shotgun echo throughout the forest. We were not too concerned because we were in a Bird Sanctuary.
Then we happened upon these three deer. They visited with us for a couple of quick moments and then disappeared like deer do with such ease into the bush.
Two minutes later, three hunters appeared from the same direction from where the deer had come from. It felt strange seeing them all decked out in their camouflage gear and rifles hanging at the ready. It felt strange, but even more I felt completely vulnerable.
I wonder if the deer feel that same emotion - especially when they thought they were alone...
Taken the same day as the other post just a tad later............as you know by now I do love the sunsets on the lake ......socc with exception of messing with the contrast
It'll never be the same here again... but that's a wonderful thing! Several weeks after it appeared that mobilization had begun on the Ottumwa Amtrak station and platform renovation project, this week contractors actually started the deconstruction process.
Presumably, they took down the electrical/lights on the northeast quadrant and installed a temporary bypass on Monday. Yesterday, they started removing the canopy crossmembers. Today they chopped down the canopy supports. They'll take these offsite, chop off the bottom foot, sandblast them, weld a plate to the bottom, and paint them before bringing them back onsite to reinstall.
The platforms will be ripped up and replaced with precast panels and north-side fencing. The south side platform will be cut in half for better ease of maintenance on M1. The tracks will be ripped out through the platform, undercut, drainage installed, and put back. Sidewalks and enhanced crossings will be installed for ADA compliance. Some upgrades to the signage, waiting room, and bathrooms are also planned. This likely is a one-day-only view.
...Come on and
Ease on down, ease on down the Road!
Come on, ease on down
Ease on down the road
Don't you carry nothing
That might be a load
Come on, ease on down...ease on down the road
Dorothy and the scarecrow...the Wiz
Easing through BN Interlocking on BN 1 of the KCT is BNSF train L-HLA6921-09I led by a pair of former BN SD60M's. They're approaching 30th St., where they'll hop onto the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. Today, they're operating south out of BNSF's Murray Yard en route for Spring Hill for their routine industry work. 2/9/23.
Wandering Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna arcuate
Formerly named tree ducks, the wandering whistling duck has its new name because of their loud whistling calls and the whistling noise their wings make during flight. They have long necks and legs and look like a cross between a goose and a duck. The wandering whistling duck lives in deep lagoons, flooded grasslands or dams. They enjoy the water and rarely leave the shore. They can swim and dive with ease. They inhabit tropical and subtropical Australia, Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. A vagrant species in Sabah and Sarawak.
We encountered this Coyote way out on Badwater road around Mormon Point. At first it was just standing there near the road, looking at us. I guess it may have been hoping for a hand out. It finally figured out it was not going to get anything from us and wandered off to this bush to enjoy a bit of shade.
If this looks familiar, there is another image of this Coyote back a ways in my photostream.
Explore Dec 8th, 2021
Isn't that what most railfans want? This would be a nice location as the railroad isn't too busy and they actually have two routes here. KB&S eases by the side yard on a late fall day.
An increasingly rare YN2 painted GE eases Greenwood-Cayce freight L645 across the Congaree River on a gorgeous October afternoon.
Was going to try and be cute with my comment but will just get straight to the facts. No Snowy Egret here, but we do have a Little Blue Heron in the making in juvenile form. Photographed on an old tree buried in the mud along the banks of Armand Bayou. The water hyacinth still lingers about but doesn’t appear to be clogging anything up. I know that he’s at ease because he was still perched on one leg as I approached.
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Scrambling around in the dark to find a composition on the mud flats can be a real challenge. The patterns are harder to see and you don't want to accidentally step in a good mud tile and break it up. We settled on these older cracks that had been well worn, the various textures made for an interesting foreground.