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I visited Boddam Harbour today Tuesday 21st August 2018, a wet over cast day with a sea haar coming in.
The village of Boddam lies just to the south of Peterhead, and separated from it by Sandford Bay and Peterhead Power Station. Opinions differ as to whether Buchan Ness, a headland reached by a bridge from the village, is in fact the most easterly point in mainland Scotland: it depends on whether you count Keith Inch just over two miles to the north. Once an island, this now forms part of Peterhead harbour and projects a little further east than Buchan Ness.
Being so close to Peterhead, it is inevitable that Boddam tends to be overshadowed by it. This wasn't always so: a map produced in the 1600s showed Boddam to be larger than its northern neighbour. Just to the south stood Boddam Castle, built by the Keiths of Ludquharn in the 1500s. The most notable early member of the family to be born at Boddam Castle was Sir William Keith (1669-1749), who went on to become Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Today only fragmentary ruins remain of Boddam Castle. The headland location chosen by the Keiths for their castle was guarded by the start of the cliffs that run for five miles south west from here to Slains Castle and Cruden Bay. About half way along this stretch of cliffs is the Bullers of Buchan, a collapsed sea cave forming an almost circular pot and an arch.
Boddam's early development was largely due to the shelter afforded by Buchan Ness, which made it an attractive base for fishing boats. This led to a short-lived fishing station being established here by the Dutch in the years around 1700. But the development of modern Boddam dates back to a decision in the 1820s by the Northern Lighthouse Board to build a lighthouse on Buchan Ness. This was completed in 1827 by Robert Stevenson. The lighthouse tower is 35m high, and there are 166 steps leading to the top. The distinctive red band was added in 1910. Buchan Ness Lighthouse was automated in 1988, and the foghorn, known locally as the Boddam Coo fell silent in 2000.
The arrival of the lighthouse was followed in 1831 by the construction of a harbour. In the 1840s the harbour was greatly expanded by George Hamilton-Gordon, the 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Further harbour improvements were made in the 1870s to provide for ships exporting the red Peterhead granite being quarried in ever larger quantities from Stirling Hill, a mile to the south east. These included the construction of a tramway linking the quarries with the harbour. The quarries also helped attract the railway to Boddam: a branch line from Ellon arrived in 1897.
The early decades of the 1900s saw much of Boddam's fishing fleet attracted away by the better harbour facilities available at Peterhead. The railway closed to passengers in 1932, and to freight in 1945. After the Second World War, Boddam became home to RAF Buchan, an important Cold War radar station tracking Russian aircraft over the North Atlantic. Until 2005 this was also home to one of the UK's two "Control and Reporting Centres", which oversaw the UK's air defences. This role has since passed to RAF Boulmer in Northumberland, and the RAF Buchan "domestic site" in Boddam is due to be redeveloped.
Like many other communities across Aberdeenshire, Boddam has benefitted considerably from the oil boom since the 1970s. Boddam harbour has at times served as an oil support base, and in 1976 rebuilding took place to allow the harbour to be used to support the new oil-fired Peterhead Power Station, which continues to dominate views north west from the village. In the early 1990s the power station was converted to be able to use gas as well as oil. Boddam harbour remains home to a number of small fishing boats, and to Thistle Seafood's fish processing plant.
Three more images from Robert Moses State Park in Massena. It was fun to see a variety of subjects there even though our prime aim was to get the Great Gray Owl (photos posted yesterday).
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Following the nudge of my inner muse, I set myself out this morning to capture an eagle. A bald eagle, that is.
I've been to Clarksville, Missouri before, a couple of years ago, and felt that I had more skills to be able to get better photographs, with 20,000 more frames behind me. The only thing that had me hesitating was the weather forecast: Fog. The experts said that the fog would lift by 10AM or so. I felt that there was nothing standing in my way, so off I went.
The fog kept teasing me all day.
As I was making the 100 mile journey to the west, the visibility seemed to be lifting, or so I hoped. I was amazed at the pervasive shroud of grey that surrounded the landscape as the miles ticked by. I wasn't bothered too much by the gloomy weather, as the beauty and majesty of the bald eagles, which I had experienced before, was enough to keep my spirits lifted.
I pulled into the Clarksville, Missouri Lock & Dam #24, on the Mississippi River around 11AM. The fog persisted, shrouding the river like a blanket of white cold. I couldn't even see the far bank of the river, or barely 50 yards out beyond my position. There's a nice observation platform with benches and even a telescope for folks without binoculars, to be able to view the activities on the river. Everything was a bit damp, with the humidity in the air and the cold ground making water condense onto all surfaces.
When I first arrived, there was one eagle, flying right at me, just as I got to the top of the platform. I was able to fire off one or two frames. After that, there wasn't a single eagle, nor many other birds, for the next two hours. I finally got chilled - the air temperature was around 36F - so I headed to my car to review what I did have, and warm up my hands.
After a warm-up, and watching group after group of families arrive and leave with only a few minutes of disappointed glances at all the fog, I headed out again. This time, I was rewarded with this eagle, fresh catch fish in it's talons, heading back to the nest. I was able to get a few good frames, and as fortune had it, the nest was also in sight, in a tree a couple hundred yards away.
I have not even touched the frames I took of the eagle feeding it's young, then perching in the tree. That's a delight for my next post-processing session.
I'm glad I went.
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly (as the Hammerstein-Kern song from Show Boat lyric goes), and eagles have to feed their young, every day, fog or not. The fog didn't stop this eagle from following it's inner urgings to tend to it's young, nor did it stop me from my photographic mission of this day.
Bangladesh relies on catching fish in its own waters.
Photo Credit: International Food Policy Research Institute / 2010
Fresh Grilled Blackened Jumbo Gulf Shrimp,with Goat Cheese, and a mix of spring greens and vegetables. Glazed with a tangy vingerette dressing. Sure to make your taste buds dance in your mouth !
Colorful Crab Art by Sharon Cummings
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With wings stretched wide, a gull soars over the water, proudly carrying its fresh catch in a display of precision and survival.
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Fun Facts about Osprey:
*Ospreys are found on every continent except Antarctica. They breed on all continents except Antarctica and South America.
*Ospreys eat a diet which consists almost exclusively of fish. This earned them the nickname “sea hawk.”
*Ospreys hunt fish by hovering over water and then diving feet first to capture prey in their powerful talons.
*An Osprey’s outer toe is reversible, which means they can carry prey (slippery fish) with two toes in front and two toes behind.
*While flying away with the freshly-caught prey, an Osprey will manipulate the fish so that it is parallel to the bird’s body, and thus aerodynamic.
*The oldest known North American Osprey lived to be 25 years old.
*During the mid-20th century, North American Osprey populations suffered great losses (along with other birds of prey) due to widespread use of the pesticide DDT. After DDT and other contaminants were banned, the *Osprey recovered fairly quickly.
*Ospreys make large nests on the top of dead or live trees. They will also readily use nest platforms or other man-made structures like utility poles.
Food For Thought: Wise Words :)
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but harsh words stir up anger. Proverbs 15:1
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Fun Facts about Osprey:
*Ospreys are found on every continent except Antarctica. They breed on all continents except Antarctica and South America.
*Ospreys eat a diet which consists almost exclusively of fish. This earned them the nickname “sea hawk.”
*Ospreys hunt fish by hovering over water and then diving feet first to capture prey in their powerful talons.
*An Osprey’s outer toe is reversible, which means they can carry prey (slippery fish) with two toes in front and two toes behind.
*While flying away with the freshly-caught prey, an Osprey will manipulate the fish so that it is parallel to the bird’s body, and thus aerodynamic.
*The oldest known North American Osprey lived to be 25 years old.
*During the mid-20th century, North American Osprey populations suffered great losses (along with other birds of prey) due to widespread use of the pesticide DDT. After DDT and other contaminants were banned, the *Osprey recovered fairly quickly.
*Ospreys make large nests on the top of dead or live trees. They will also readily use nest platforms or other man-made structures like utility poles.
Food For Thought: Wise Words :)
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but harsh words stir up anger. Proverbs 15:1
***Hope you all are enjoying your weekend :) I sure am! We are trying a new restaurant tonight, has great reviews. Wish you all could go with us, now wouldn't that be fun!! Thank you so much again for your constant inspiration and generous word! You are all Keepers! : )...and very talented ones at that! :)
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