It was lovely to get a rare night out in my old haunt. I really enjoyed distant views of barn and long eared owls, sadly on this occasion no pics.

The curlew is a bird which is highly skilled in avoiding yours truly.

So it was a nice surprise to get a very close encounter.

Numbers of this stunning bird are sadly on the decline, so it was nice to see them doing well locally.

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A female Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) was observed on the edge of the boreal woods north of Thorhild, Alberta, Canada.

Reports of the species visiting feeders east of Edmonton have occurred in the last several weeks.

29 December, 2016.

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Another from a memorable Evening on Curbar Edge.....Feb 2018 Peak District, Derbyshire, UK..

Once again a stormy evening sky got really dramatic, this time as I was walking down to the point (northern tip) on the central Bamberg island in Erba Park where the canal and the river come together. I had my Lumix mFT camera along, and it did a good job of catching the drama. It was a little after 6 p.m., about 20 minutes before sunset. In post-processing I took a white balance reading in the clouds since auto WB in Lightroom and the camera both failed to get anywhere close. So the photo recaptures pretty much what I saw with my own eyes last evening. [P1020701_lr_2000]

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A view from Corby's Crags on the Alnwick-Rothbury road north-west to the Cheviots (and the sunset).

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Nikon D7000 Cosina AF 19-35mm 3.5-4.5 MC

Taken with my cell phone.

LaBelle, Idaho

over backwaters of the river Tisza at Mártély

LaBelle, Idaho

Ile St-Louis, Paris

Happy Spaniel on evening stroll

Happy Bench Monday.

Light from a nearly setting sun catching the fields across the Derwent Valley from Millstone Edge, Derbyshire

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Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) male in the mixed woods of the boreal forest fringe north of Thorhild, Alberta, Canada.

23 November, 2017.

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Lovely evening at Canberra.

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Another shot from my walk across the local fields the other evening. The evening sunlight was gorgeous.

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A touch of alpenglow on Mt. Hood as dusk settles over the balsamroot and Hood River Valley.

A dark coloured Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) male resting in the forest edge west of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

29 December, 2016.

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