Severe thunderstorms fired on the cold front after a record high of 98° on September 6th.

Blue-fronted redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis)

Male of Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons), Laguna Seca Ranch, Texas. Golden-fronted Woodpecker populations declined between 1966 and 2014 by about 46%. Golden-fronted Woodpecker populations may benefit from the proliferation of mesquite on rangeland.

Photographed at Terrace Heights Memorial Park, Yakima County, Washington. Notice the size difference in the White-fronted Goods compared to the Canada Geese. I believe that there were at least 3 races/subspecies of Canada Gees among the 220 plus that were present. We get one or two White-fronted Geese in the area every fall/winter. IMG_3934

This couple dangled their legs out into nothing and ate lunch in one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. Terrific views, but the service is terrible..... :-)

Summit Lake has a loop trail all the way around, I suggest going counter clockwise for the views will be in front and the steepest climb is that ridge to the right. That's Bearhead Peak and in the back that's umm Mount Rainier.... :-) It's been weeks since I've posted a MR shot, thought I'd slip one in here. :-)

Sometimes change is a good thing. Years ago the woods across from my home was clear cut to build homes. I was really upset about that. But over the years I have apprecaited that I can now see amazing sunsets from my front yard that I couldn't see when the woods was blocking my view.

A white-fronted goose, marching off on a mission, ignoring the Canada Geese behind him.

Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flaviforns) or benedito-de-testa-amarela as it is known here in Brazil.

Une silhouette refait ses lacets, en tête d'une petite troupe informe et informelle d'autres silhouettes...

Tremblez, Alençonnais : la Marche des Silhouettes est arrivée !

Pont de Bir Hakeim et Front de Seine (Paris 15ème)

Du pont d'Iéna

Two trees this year...

De l'Allée des Cygnes

A huge severe-warned cell shows off some explosive convection as it drifts along the Front Range west of Loveland, CO.

Image Notes: To get an idea of how large the storm is, consider that this image is a five-frame pano. Each frame was shot vertically with the Samyang 14 mm, itself an incredibly wide lens. I processed each frame in DXO, corrected distortion/vignetting with PTLens (DXO lacks a profile for the Samy) and merged the frames in Photoshop to construct the pano.

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When you live in a city you tend to miss out on sunsets and sunrises, there are always buildings in the way . Our house faces West so the sun sets behind the houses on the other side of the road. However about a week ago there was clearly a wonderful sunset and while the sun was out of our sight the sky did turn a wonderful colour . This was taken from our front door looking over the rooftops

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Blue fronted Redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis) | 2018 | Canon | Copyright : Aravind Venkatraman

moderately common through inland Australia

Nombinnie Nature Reserve, central NSW, Australia

A masked lapwing landed in our front lawn today! I am hoping they will be nesting somewhere nearby and bring the young ones

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Portpatrick Scotland

South Llano River State Park, Junction, Kimble County, Texas

Caught a lot of great lightning shots last night, and didn't even have to leave my front porch! Tracked these storms on radar, across Lake Erie, and as soon as they hit the southern shore, they exploded into high top hail droppers! Even saw a couple golf balls bounce across my yard! What a great time!

Tower is La Torre Del Cassero located in Castiglione Fiorentino Tuscany Italy built in the XIV century

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Golden-fronted Woodpeckers were common in Southern Texas. Many were on telephone poles and wires. They weren’t as common as the other bird at the blinds, be we saw them regularly. This one is a male, who sports the more vibrant yellow and red crown shown. The females a matching pale yellow patch and lacks the red cap. (Melanerpes auriferous) (Sony a1ii, 200-600 lens @ 415mm, 1/5000 second, f/6.3, ISO 3200). (Photo note: Here in Florida, I generally shoot larger birds and am not normally as close as when shooting from a blind. The closer you are to the subject, and the faster the wings move, the more shutter speed you need to render a sharp image. Also, depth of field becomes a compromise to consider as the closer the subject, the less the depth of field.)

294) Golden Fronted Leafbird

Golden-Fronted Leafbird, Chloropsis aurifrons,

This is a common resident breeder in India, Sri Lanka, and northern parts of Southeast Asia. This shot was taken in near southern part of Peninsular Malaysia, which make me wonder whether this is escapee or simply a family of bird that venture south too far out of ordinary route. This is among first record of this species in the area.

Green-fronted Lancebill

Doryfera ludovicae

Colibrí pico de lanza

Familia (Family): Trochilidae

Taxonomía (Taxonomy): SACC

Lugar (Taken in): Angelópolis, Antioquia, Colombia

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Fort Gaines, Georgia

Logo on the front grille of a blue-grey vintage Ford Mustang parked on my street.

From afar the Boise Front is as beautiful as they come with recent snowfall and dramatic clouds.

Commerce Georgia

Playing in the front garden.

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another lifer from Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, Mexico

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真是意外,完全搞不懂為何這張有機會上FP?!

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Lake Cargelligo, NSW, Australia

More of the tulipa tarda. Our weather has warmed up and we should be free of the white stuff until October.

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(Charadrius marginatus),

Skulpiesbaai Nature Reserve, Stilbaai , Western Cape Province, South Africa

Golden Fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons)

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