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Bird watching is one component of my photography obsession. During the heat of summer most of the water birds I can see from my backyard disappeared ... presumably to cooler climes. However, they are starting to return and have discovered the conveniently located log on the edge of the lake.
I have never seen an Egret sitting down like this before.
Other common names
greater periwinkle
band plant
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Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Vinca can be evergreen subshrubs or herbaceous perennials, with simple, paired leaves and solitary, 5-lobed, salver-shaped flowers in the leaf axils
Details
V. major is a vigorous evergreen sub-shrub forming a clump of erect stems bearing glossy ovate leaves and solitary violet-blue flowers 4cm wide in the leaf axils, with long rooting sterile stems making effective ground cover
Plant range
Mediteranean
Source: RHS
A rare look inside the "Radio Center" building in Tokyo's Akihabara ("Electric Town") district. The site was one of the early homes to Tokyo's postwar radio and electronics boom. The building itself is about 50 years old.
秋葉原電波会館にて（道側から旧「古炉奈」に上がる階段。）
As the name would indicate, this egret fits between the Great Egret and the Little Egret, for size. This one seen in the shallows of a fresh water pond.
Amtrak 4 approaches the intermediate semaphore signals at MP 722.1 on the Raton Subdivision. Wagon Mound, an important landmark for those headed towards Santa Fe on the trail of the same name, looms in the distance.
Another from this gloomy day chase out on the old west end. This is nothing special by any means, but I wanted to document the vintage intermediate searchlight signals remaining in service here as a distinct link to the past.
Berkshire and Eastern Railroad train EDMO (East Deerfield to Mohawk) is westbound crossing VT Route 346 in North Pownal at MP 434.2 on the B&E operated Pan Am Southern Freight Mainline, the one time Boston and Maine Fitchburg Division. The old B&M main is only in the Green Mountain state for a scant six miles as it cuts through the extreme southwest corner near the meeting point of Massachusetts and New York which this train will enter in about 30 seconds when they cross the Hoosic River only 0.2 miles behind me. Rising to 1100 ft beyond is an unnamed snow dusted hill in the southern edge of the Green Mountain National Forest.
This train originated in Ayer as train SAED and will turn into Norfolk Southern train 11R at Mechanicville for continuation down the old Delaware and Hudson to East Binghamton Yard. Berkshire and Eastern is a Genesee and Wyoming owned company which was created to serve as the neutral third party operator of the former Pan Am Southern property as a condition of the sale of Pan Am Railways to CSX in 2022. The train is led by the standard SD60E which is necessary due to it being one of a small fleet of this model equipped with ACSES for operation on the MBTA property east of Westminster.
Pownal, Vermont
Saturday April 12, 2025
Ardea intermedia
A bird that I often see and rarely photograph, and thus I was happy to photograph it 'on the wing'.
Irene Chu, Color Pencil Magazine Primary Pencil Challenge 2021, Intermediate Category, Prismacolors (Crimson Red, Canary Yellow, True Blue, White, Black), Strathmore Bristol 500 Multimedia Paper. Utilized Prismacolor Blender Pencil and Prismacolor Blender Marker. Dedicated to my mom, who has been so generous and supportive to me during the pandemic. The object was one of the many potted succulents that my mom loved to arrange at her entryway. The photo of taken by my Art Teacher/Mentor, Helen Yang. This couldn’t have been done without the encouragement and creative input of my husband and my two little ones, who finally let Mommy work on this only after they have fallen asleep.
Name: Irene Chu
Title: My Aqua Boy
Category: Intermediate
Color Pencil Magazine - Monochromatic Art Challenge
Paper Size: 9”x12”
Materials: Prismacolor Pencils, Derwent Inktense
Completed: June 1, 2023
Outside on a hot summer afternoon, my son, River, was taking a break and snacking on his gummy bears. He flashed a mischievous smile at me as I sneaked a photo shot. This was taken during the midst of the pandemic. Although it was an anxious time, we took time to treasure moments outdoors together. I loved the expression captured on his face, and was thrilled to have this opportunity to draw him! I chose aqua, a tertiary color. The greener tone of the aqua seem to suggest mischief, while the darker blue tone sharpened his features.
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Intermediate egret
Scientific Name: Ardea intermedia
Description: The plumage of the Intermediate Egret is wholly white. During the breeding season, adults have long filamentous plumes emerging from the scapulars, and dense plumes from the breast. The bare parts vary with the stage of the breeding cycle: during courtship the bill is deep pink to bright red with a yellow tip and green base, the lores are bright green, the eyes red and the legs ruby red; when laying, the bill is dull red, the lores are dull, pale green, and the eye is yellow. By the time of hatching, the bill is dull orange-yellow, the lores are yellow or green-yellow, the eye is yellow and the upper portion of the leg yellow with the lower portion grey-black. During non-breeding season, they lose their plumes, the bill turns orange-yellow, the lores are green-yellow or yellow, the eyes are horn-coloured and the upper portions of the legs vary, with the lower portion black. Juveniles appear like non-breeding adults.
Similar Species: The Intermediate Egret is similar to Australia’s other all-white egrets. The Little Egret is distinguished by its long, black bill. The Great Egret is distinguished by its proportionally longer neck and flat-headed appearance and has a distinct gape that extends well behind the eye. Cattle Egrets are much shorter and dumpier with a stouter bill.
Location: Within Australia, the Intermediate Egret can be found at wetlands throughout the northern third of the continent as well as the eastern third. They are generally absent from Tasmania.
Habitat: Mostly a denizen of the shallows in terrestrial wetlands, the Intermediate Egret prefers freshwater swamps, billabongs, floodplains and wet grasslands with dense aquatic vegetation, and is only occasionally seen in estuarine or intertidal habitats.
Feeding: Aquatic animals, principally fish and frogs, are the main food of the Intermediate Egret. They are usually hunted by standing and waiting, then stabbing at the prey with its dagger-like beak.
Breeding: Intermediate Egrets build a shallow platform of interwoven sticks, placed on a horizontal branch in a tree that is usually standing in water. They generally lay three or four pale-green eggs which are incubated by both sexes. The nestlings are fed by both parents, who regurgitate food, either into the nest or directly into the beak of the young bird.
(Source: birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/intermediate-egret)
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I like bird photography. It is obvious when bird moves, the picture gets blurry a little bit. I used 500mm lens. It is quite a long lens for the bird photography. My target is to take images as sharp as I can. The longer lens is more challenging with moving subjects. The Nikon D5 has a better autofocus system and can get sharp images like this. I hope this year I take better bird images.
CN 327 with CSXT 5414 & CSXT 451 for power is splitting a pair of intermediate signals at MP 14.7 of CN's Kingson Sub which just entered service during the last couple of weeks.
* Quantum Break
* Hatti's Freecamera,Fov,Timestop
* NVIDIA Custom Resolution DET Guide
* Reshade
* AA is off
IC 342 (also known as Caldwell 5) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis relatively close to the Milky Way. Despite its size and actual brightness, its location in dusty areas near the galactic equator makes it difficult to observe, leading to the nickname "The Hidden Galaxy"
Date of shoot: 23/9/17
L: 33 subs @ 900 sec
RGB: 10 subs @ 300 sec bin 2*2
Camera Starlight Express SXVR-H694
Sample Rate 0.98 asp at 1*1 , 1.97 asp at 2*2
Filter Wheel : Starlight Express Mini Wheel
Mount : Avalon fast Linear
Scope: Orion Optics UK AG10
Filters : Astrodon LRGB
Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia
June 1st, 2023
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Middle Point, Northern Territory, Australia
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 600mm f4L IS III USM lens
Canon EF 1.4x III Extender
With a flick of its wings, an Intermediate Egret relocates to a fresh patch of water lilies at Fogg Dam, intent on finding its next unsuspecting prey.
Egretta intermedia. Werribee wetlands. Walking back to the car with Nicole from the MCC nature outings, we crossed to the far side of the track and it let us past. Looked a bit dejected, maybe felt the same way about the awful light and cold wind.
A pair of KCS Southern Belle painted EMD's bring CSX ethanol train K423 south on the K&A Sub past the MP 356 intermediate signal which is set fall any day now.
Intermediate Bandy Bandy Vermicellla intermedia. Stage III Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Pre-digital image c. 2001
(60.00N, 30.00E)MCMLXXI
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