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I was happy to see the sun again today after the past couple of days of grey skies and below freezing temperatures. Almost felt like spring - almost.
Shortly after dawn, in sub-freezing temperatures, a Red-tailed Hawk scans the landscape for the first meal of the day.
And for some reason, I'm out there with her, freezing my butt off ;) I was seriously chilled. This is a very tight crop of a full body image which shows her balancing on one foot, holding the other under her feathers, near her body to keep it warm.
At times, there is abundance of Red-Tails and other hawks at the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico - sometimes almost lined up perching high on powerline poles - one every fourth or fifth pole. Most are skittish, so I try to not disturb them, and use the car as blind.
Buteo jamaicensis at the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
1 day after the freezing temperatures I went on a search again. This springtail doesn't seem to have suffered from the cold and likes the green stuff.
Found only one between a lot of other springtails.
This shot was taken earlier this week (Tuesday 23 February) which was very spring like with a lot of sunshine and temperatures up to 13C or 55F. The next day some areas reached 18C. The location was a small green off the Aldwick Road in Bognor Regis, UK, a few miles from home. The crocus there grow randomly in the grass, much better than the regimented rows in some parks. In this small green there were Snowdrops, Crocus and Daffodils blooming. The temperatures are due to a warm airstream coming from Africa across Europe. It is so strange after the freezing temperatures of early February. The shot was taken at 9.30 which gained the dew on the flowers.
The camera used was a Sony A550 with a Tamron 90mm macro prime lens with 1:1 macro. Taken on a small Tripod close to the ground to get a really low pov. I took 3 shots for HDR processed with Photomatix Balanced. I used Topaz Clarity for more detail followed by an adjustment layer for less brightness in the sunlit parts of the image with a layer mask.
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The painted turtle is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in slow-moving fresh waters, from southern Canada to northern Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. They have been shown to prefer large wetlands with long periods of inundation and emergent vegetation. This species is one of the few that is specially adapted to tolerate freezing temperatures for extended amounts of time due to an anti-freeze like substance in their blood that keeps their cells from freezing.
The turtle eats aquatic vegetation, algae, and small water creatures including insects, crustaceans, and fish. Painted turtles primarily feed while in water and are able to locate and subdue prey even in heavily clouded conditions. Reliant on warmth from its surroundings, the painted turtle is active only during the day when it basks for hours on logs or rocks. (Wikipedia)
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The turtles were out in force this week, enjoying the warm weather and bright sun. The turtle on the right was restless and approached the other one. When it didn't move, the first slid off into the water.
I noticed, when I processed this photo, that the turtle on the left seems to have something caught on his shell. The back of his shell, around the neck, has been damaged too. All in all, though, he looks healthy and was one of the larger turtles on the log.
Britannia Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 2023.
Endangered! I took what I could get from this Pink (Red) Dogwood tree. Freezing temperatures are on the way and I wanted to get some kind of shot of the Pink Dogwood blooms. Morgan County, Alabama - 2021
We don't seem to get some "real" winter wonderland this year... freezing temperatures and precipitation haven't really occurred simultaneously so far. I'm not really sorry though, these little ice crystals are quite enough for my taste.
Kankakee river after two weeks of below freezing temperature. Picture taken at Kankakee State Park. Kankakee Illinois, USA.
Last Fall I made the mistake of only giving the Ontario Northland a single day of my time to follow some trains around. Well, directly after that I began planning with my buddy Liam to come back up when the snow was deep and the temperatures were sub-zero. We hit Sudbury on the way up, but spent the last 5 days of our 6 day trip on the ONR. Throughout those 5 days, we never had less than 2 layers on our bodies, trudged through ankle, knee, thigh, hip, and chest deep snow, had some form of snowfall every day until the final Tuesday, and only once did we get above freezing temperatures the entire trip. My 1997 Taurus sedan was beaten to hell and back on the ice-covered rut filled roads of the north, and somehow we both came back without a scratch while climbing rocks covered in feet upon feet of snow.
Anyway! Here we have the Englehart, ON to Rouyn-Noranda, QE turn blasting it's way through the dramatic rock cut at Boston Creek. Most times I'd complain about lighting, but when the sun is the only thing keeping your mucus membranes from freezing, you just enjoy the fact that it's out.
What a fucking experience this last week was.
Ptarmigan:
Maureen and I hiked up into the Cairngorm hills to around 900m.
A day with blustery strong winds and showers of hail and snow! We had looked and looked for the Ptarmigan and had given up seeing these beautiful birds.
When on our way down we came across 3 just off the path. Luck was on our side, and we both got our very first photographs of this very special bird that lives in extreme weather conditions and freezing temperatures.
The ptarmigan is a game bird, slightly larger than a grey partridge. In summer, it is a mixture of grey, brown and black above with white bellies and wings. In winter, it becomes totally white except for its tail and eye-patch, which remain black.
It breeds in the highest mountains of the Highlands of Scotland on the Arctic like landscape there. Birds are residents, seldom moving far from breeding sites. In severe cold weather, birds may move from the highest ground to the edge of forests.
What they eat : Shoots, leaves, leaf buds, berries and insects.
Courtesy: RSPB
I remember those early days of having a macro lens. Everything was so incredible when magnified. However, I had no earthly idea that ice crystals forming on my window would leave me speechless. When going back through many of my older photographs, I found this treasure.
Dahlias have always been one of my favorite flowers. Around here we have to dig up the dahlia tubers in the fall to keep them from being killed by freezing temperature. So, in the corner of our basement we have a box of tubers ready to be replanted next spring.
I made this image at the farm market in Appleton, Wisconsin.
a bucket of dahlias
behind a Hmong flower stall
at the farm market
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
Snow shoeing back to the car in nearly complete darkness in -20F with wind chill, we stumbled upon three brothers. Two of them huddled for warmth while the third was playing in the desolate solitude of fresh snow dunes after an insane display of wind, snow, and freezing temperatures. The clearing storms leave a quiet in the world that is impossible to describe. It’s not so much the lack of noise as it is the solitude and feeling of desolation.
Hallett Peak (12,713' / 3,875m), Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
What an epic morning in Rocky today!
Back in July, I met a photographer while I was out shooting Lake Isabelle. We tried to go shoot again over the summer, but it didn't work out. We finally got together and took on the challenge of getting to Emerald lake this morning. Price of admission to witness this beautiful sunrise was withstanding 50 mph+ winds and freezing temperatures. My friend and I hit the trail at about 5:30. In anticipation of there being a more snow packed trail, we gave ourselves an hour to get there. When we arrived at Dream Lake, I realized we were going to be pretty early. We made it to Emerald Lake about 45 minutes before sunrise. The day before, I noticed on the photographer's ephemeris, that the moon was going to be setting right between Hallett and Flattop, so I wasn't mad we were that early. I tried to get a few shots of it, but I couldn't hold my tripod steady enough for the 20-30 second exposures it was requiring. I was more content with making it to the spot I had scouted on the internet. As we sat there waiting for the light, the wind continued pounding us. Then, the light came and it was incredible! I focused most of my time composing my shot with Emerald Lake and Flattop included, but then I just turned my ballhead a bit, framed this, and captured a winner. Amidst the brutal winds that were pinning me to the side of a rock, I couldn't help but smile and laugh because of the beauty we were witnessing during it all. I live for morning's like that.
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Sandpipers feed mostly on small invertebrates including marine crustaceans as amphipods, isopods, small decapods, occasionally on tiny fish or fish larvae, available on a margin of beach and shallow water or in salty marshes. They also feed on insects and insect larvae. They breed and feed intensively during the spring and summer seasons in polar or temperate regions, including central and northern Baltic. When freezing temperatures appear these birds migrate to warmer regions to overwinter as their food resources are not available any longer in the breeding and feeding areas. Thus, I was really surprised when I saw two individuals belonging to the two different species: a very common in the Polish Baltic coast during migrations - dunlin and a rare purple sandpiper on a beach partly covered with snow and ice in the beginning of January. These tiny birds were hopelessly searching for any food. The birds looked to be in a good condition despite of such unfavorable weather except of an ice bracelet on the left leg in dunlin.
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In de literatuur en kunst symboliseert de Nemesia-bloem veerkracht en vastberadenheid. Het vermogen van de bloem om zelfs onder barre omstandigheden zoals droogte en vriestemperaturen te bloeien, maakt haar tot een symbool van hoop en overleving. In poëtische verzen wordt de Nemesia-bloem vaak geassocieerd met gratie, schoonheid en liefde.
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In literature and art, the Nemesia flower symbolizes resilience and determination. The flower's ability to bloom even under harsh conditions such as drought and freezing temperatures makes it a symbol of hope and survival. In poetic verse, the Nemesia flower is often associated with grace, beauty and love.
Ptarmigan:
Maureen and I hiked up into the Cairngorm hills to around 900m.
A day with blustery strong winds and showers of hail and snow! We had looked and looked for the Ptarmigan and had given up seeing these beautiful birds.
When on our way down we came across 3 just off the path. Luck was on our side, and we both got our very first photographs of this very special bird that lives in extreme weather conditions and freezing temperatures.
The ptarmigan is a game bird, slightly larger than a grey partridge. In summer, it is a mixture of grey, brown and black above with white bellies and wings. In winter, it becomes totally white except for its tail and eye-patch, which remain black.
It breeds in the highest mountains of the Highlands of Scotland on the Arctic like landscape there. Birds are residents, seldom moving far from breeding sites. In severe cold weather, birds may move from the highest ground to the edge of forests.
What they eat : Shoots, leaves, leaf buds, berries and insects.
Courtesy: RSPB
Amazingly, even with our crazy weather - that's finally brought us wintry snow and freezing temperatures - there are flowers beginning to bloom everywhere. There are crocus popping up in sunny places, Adonis, Daphne mezereum, Witch Hazel and, behind the old Camperdown Elm in Smith's Botanic Garden, an entire hill of Snowdrops. A "snowasis" in the middle of Winter. :)
When I was returning from the spot of flic.kr/p/2qQsuV5 I looked back at my path, and as you can see that horizon cloud was now behind the trees, testament to how far I walked, but I love pushing myself even in freezing temperatures, I decided to let the camera do some of the work, and utilising the Scene settings, turned it to Sunset and pulled off a few shots.
This image rather strikes a chord as to how I see my past, a wilderness, frozen, a path never to be trod upon again and I rather like it that way. Somewhat keeps me in the present where hence one can only ever be.
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I am ready for spring. This plant bloom at the beginning of February last year. This year we had a week of freezing temperatures in the middle of February
Steve Winwood // Blind Faith - "Can't Find My Way Home"
Taken on a gray, cold day on which I encountered snow, rain and freezing temperatures. It was great, except for almost getting stuck in the slick, sticky mud, some of which made it back home with me through the mountains.
I've always been fascinated with frozen waterfalls, but around where I live there aren't many waterfalls, since it is Kansas, after all. But I'd seen pictures of waterfalls in eastern Kansas, so after almost two weeks here with below freezing temperatures I figured it might be a good opportunity to see a frozen waterfall in Kansas. A little research showed a potential target about an hour east of Wichita at Eureka Lake. But the single winter picture I saw of the fall on the Internet only had a little ice, so I didn't know what I might find. I headed out for a look last Friday, the first day the temperature was forecast to be above freezing here. I lucked out, there was lots of ice on the fall, and the snow was in pristine condition as nobody had been there since it snowed. I spent a couple hours wandering around and taking pictures. When I left, the car thermometer read 34F (1C). Finally, out of the freezer....
More info: www.kansastravel.org/eurekalakefalls.htm
Played the whole round in dense fog and below freezing temperatures this morning. Temporary greens obviously. Still great fun. Amazingly only lost 1 ball! You can play spot the ball on this one. It is there.
VULX 2779 switches three empty stone hoppers at Vulcan Material's site in Annapolis Junction, MD. The U23B was built for the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1974 as LV 503. Later on, it was absorbed into Conrail, receiving the blue can opener scheme and renumbered to 2779, both of which it still sports to this day. VULX 2779 was a common site to see weekday mornings up until recently when the engines block heater failed and freezing temperatures caused the block to crack, rendering the locomotive a lost cause. The engine has since been retired and temporarily replaced with a track mobile.
The freezing temperatures practically melted the stem of this daffodil flower but it still got to bloom after it fell to the ground. Amazingly resilient.
Gordon and I hiked up into the Cairngorm hills to around 900m.
A day with blustery strong winds and showers of hail and snow! We had looked and looked for the Ptarmigan and had given up seeing these beautiful birds.
When on our way down we came across 3 just off the path. Luck was on our side, and we both got our very first photographs of this very special bird that lives in extreme weather conditions and freezing temperatures.
The ptarmigan is a game bird, slightly larger than a grey partridge. In summer, it is a mixture of grey, brown and black above with white bellies and wings. In winter, it becomes totally white except for its tail and eye-patch, which remain black.
It breeds in the highest mountains of the Highlands of Scotland on the Arctic like landscape there. Birds are residents, seldom moving far from breeding sites. In severe cold weather, birds may move from the highest ground to the edge of forests.
What they eat : Shoots, leaves, leaf buds, berries and insects.
Courtesy: RSPB
Tioranda Falls at Madam Brett Park in Beacon NY during the golden hour. With the torrential rains of last weekend followed by recent freezing temperatures the rush of water has created interesting ice formations on the rocks and vegetation.
After below freezing temperatures for the past couple of weeks I'm prepared for hotter days......
WAH are visiting People walking around with stuff on their head today.
We had more snow overnight. Freezing temperatures, power outages and no water.
Historic winter in Texas.
Utakleiv beach, one of the few places accessible by car on the north coast of the Lofoten islands, a pretty place, and a pretty windy place, the near freezing temperatures did not help, and the light contrast was too much for me, it started snowing soon afterwards even down to sea level.
Despite their delicate appearance, these little beauties are incredibly hardy. Surviving the indignities of snow and sub-freezing temperatures since emerging, these petals (here photographed in a light rain shower) look none-the-worse for wear.
West Pond, Parsonsfield, Maine.
Sunset panorama.
After two days of rain, sleet, snow and ice and now freezing temperatures the storm system cleared and we had a stunning sunset.
Night Flying Operations at Wittmund Airbase in Northern Germany.
Five Eurofighter Typhoon of the Tactical Air Force Wing 71 "Richthofen" conducted touch and goes and landing approaches at their homebase.
Night flying training is mostly conducted in winter times so this capture had to be taken at freezing temperatures... A title could also be "Frosty Light Trails"...
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Tulips growing in my flower garden, Yakima County, Washington. A few of the blossoms were damaged by a long spell of unseasonable cold weather. I believe it got below freezing temperatures 5 consecutive nights. Even this morning there is a skim of ice on my birdbath. IMG_7803
Gordon and I hiked up into the Cairngorm hills to around 900m.
A day with blustery strong winds and showers of hail and snow! We had looked and looked for the Ptarmigan and had given up seeing these beautiful birds.
When on our way down we came across 3 just off the path. Luck was on our side, and we both got our very first photographs of this very special bird that lives in extreme weather conditions and freezing temperatures.
The ptarmigan is a game bird, slightly larger than a grey partridge. In summer, it is a mixture of grey, brown and black above with white bellies and wings. In winter, it becomes totally white except for its tail and eye-patch, which remain black.
It breeds in the highest mountains of the Highlands of Scotland on the Arctic like landscape there. Birds are residents, seldom moving far from breeding sites. In severe cold weather, birds may move from the highest ground to the edge of forests.
What they eat : Shoots, leaves, leaf buds, berries and insects.
Courtesy: RSPB
Ratibida columnifera (Asteraceae), Texas native, blooms until freezing temperatures settle in in North Texas.
TWU Butterfly Garden, Denton
Sunshine and above freezing temperatures as I walked along the Promenade, part of the Waterfront Recreational Trail, Toronto. Ice on lake Ontario is almost all gone.
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Having slept a whole 2 hours and still tipsy from the previous evening, I then bore the freezing temperatures for an hour and a half only for a shed to turn up. Can't say I was best pleased to see a 66 round the corner instead of the 88 that it should've been, however the light was nice and I suppose it was a clean loco at least.
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I've watched to see when our Mock Pear Tree's buds would open. Last year they opened on March 21. This year our Spring has been cold and the buds have remained tightly closed.
But today, April 12, the buds (somewhat bitten by prior recent frosts) began to spring open, almost like popcorn popping! Here's an example of this long-awaited process. And, right on cue, the bees arrived as well.
Unfortunately, we likely will get freezing temperatures tomorrow. So we will have to see what happens to these vulnerable blooms.