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Being going through my collection of stills and videos,whilst i've been isolating and recouping from my operation.Didn't realise how much i have,seems i don't know where the delete button is !! Maybe the last year on Flickr,hope not been a real buzz.....
WHITE-TAILED HILLSTAR Urochroa bougueri. This White-tailed Hillstar was observed hovering on the east slope of the Andes in northern Ecuador at 2:53 PM on March 11, 2025.
The White-tailed Hillstar is a member of the hummingbird family Trochilidae.
There has been an unjustified split ot the eastern subspecies Urochroa bougueri leucura and western subspecies Urochroa bougueri bougueri into two separate species.
Ridgely and Greenfield on page 273 in The Birds of Ecuador, Field Guide 2001 state that in the western subspecies there is a "prominent rufous malar area" and that the eastern subspecies is lacking the rufous malar.
Ridgely and Greenfield on page 366 in The Birds of Ecuador, Status, Distribution, and Taxonomy 2001 discuss the two subspecies and suggest that if in the future new convincing evidence were to be established of reproductive isolating mechanisms preventing gene flow between the two subspecies in the event they were to come into contact, the two subspecies might prove to be two distinct species: U. bougueri (Rufous-gaped Hillstar) [the western subspecies] and U. leucura (White-tailed Hillstar) [the eastern subspecies].
The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society decided in a unanimous vote to split Urochroa bougueri into two species based largely on the supposed "fact" that only the western subspecies has a prominent rufous malar area, while supposedly the eastern subspecies lacks this rufous malar.
AS YOU CAN EASILY OBSERVE, THE EASTERN SUBSPECIES LIVE BIRD IN THE PHOTO ABOVE HAS A VERY PROMINENT RUFOUS MALAR AREA. This undercuts the South American Classification Committee's decision to split this species. Obviously the eastern subspecies exhibits a polymorphism in the presence or absence of a rufous malar area. The bird above is an example of the rufous malar morph.
The problem appears to have arisen from the (perhaps exclusive) use of museum specimens combined with a total lack of or insufficient field observation. The eastern museum specimens were obviously the morph lacking the rufous malar area.
When taxonomic decisions at the species level are based on museum specimen collections that are small and unrepresentative of the natural populations and this is combined with little of no field work, erroneous decisions may be reached.
Una Estrella Coliblanca Urochroa bougueri se observó cerniendose en una selva en las cuestas orientales de los Andes en el norte de Ecuador a las 2 y 53 de la tarde el 11 de marzo de 2025.
For OPTIMAL DETAILED VIEWING of this hovering White-tailed Hillstar, VIEW AT THE LARGEST SIZE (1246 x 900) using the direct Flickr link: www.flickr.com/photos/neotropical_birds_mayan_ruins/54490...
Same morning as previous image: sun low on the horizon, frosty grasses, clear sky. The only problem here was keeping the sun mostly hidden from the lens, to prevent flare. I love Nikon's 14-24 mm, but it can really scatter light in some situations. Lying flat, with my tripod legs splayed out as far as they would go, I was able to do this and simultaneously isolate the backlit leaves of frosted grass against the sky. This time I remembered to push any out of focus leaves out of the way.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2018 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Cut from the L527 consist, CN 8021 and BCOL 4609, the last cowl unit in active service for CN, bask in the late afternoon sun. They were joined a few minute later, by M368 power, arriving next on track MD08. Of course, trailing unit on 368 consist was no other than BCOL 4654, being smoothly backed up in the capable hands of CN locomotive engineer A.M at the end of his run.
Think about the odds of watching two former BC Rail units, ended up almost side by side, simply by pure luck.
Watching the sun set on these two veterans from the abandoned "dispatch" tower vintage point at the diesel shop, closed quite good the last seven days of work with BCOL 4609. Plagued by PCS issues since the beginning, a recurrent hot engine alarm fault kept the unit in isolate mode for the majority of the week, giving train crews, trainmaster and diesel doc bad words about the former BC Rail unit.
Too bad nobody, except me, noticed the unique opportunity of riding and running that beast from an another era, for possibly the last time.
L52721-15
M36831-15
3160 3905 8021 BCOL 4609
IC 2716 BCOL 4654
Taschereau Yard diesel shop
Montreal,QC
January 15 2023
Bee-okeh Happy Wednesday. Or Happy Bee-okeh Wednesday? :P
(Behind-the-scene: It was a rather chilly day in early November. Fall was awash all across the idlewilds of South Louisiana. I saw this buzzer as I was "hunting" for macro subjects. Out in the bush. For a full fat moment we stood there, just stood there... gazing at each other. I was wary about these kinds of buzzers because I remember with pain being stung right between my eyes, smack in the forehead. And dang, it hurt!!! So we just gazed at each other, for a long while. Until, when I realized and "felt" "safe" he wasn't going to be a threat I trained Lucio at him. He allowed me free rein on a lot of angles. This came out to be best. Ahhh, A buzzer portrait on a chilly November day.)
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وأهـل الولـع بـطيورهم مــستعّدين * والكــل جــهّز مــوتره بــالكمالي
سبعــة شـهورٍ بــالتمــام مــتحّرين * شفقه لنقل الطير لــو هــو قــبالي
From my village park&garden; Bangkok
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
William Shakespeare mentioned:)
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For the first time in more than 70 years, the Edinburgh International Festival has been cancelled. The EIF was keen to show that the Festivals would be here in the future, so has put on My Light Shines On across the city. Difficult to capture until properly dark (and still difficult then), the moving lights are fairly well visible across the city from multiple would-be venues.
Mixed blessing, to be honest. It's the first August since we moved here 10 years ago that we will enjoy. While the festivals can be tolerable if you buy tickets to shows and make the most of it, generally speaking it makes life hell for city centre residents. Despite the city benefiting financially from the world's largest arts festival, I'm glad we have just one year of reprieve.
Panoramic of three images, moderate post-processing.
5DSR + 85L II
After laying over in UP's Brazos Yard near Hearne, TX for two weeks, the UP steam crew has completed their boiler wash and other maintenance activities after the first 2,000 or so miles of the Big Boy's Heartland of America Tour.
Now it's time for the rest of UP 4014's journey, as it heads down to Houston and then back north to Cheyenne. The day started with an unusual move, as the crew decided to remove the diesel helper (UP 4015) from the train. The Big Boy would run by itself on the trip to the Bayou City.
After the SD70 was removed, UP 4014 shoved out the north end of Brazos Yard, stopping here at the Muse Rd grade crossing. There were big crowds, but some tight composition managed to isolate just the Big Boy and the road. In a few moments the dispatcher in Spring will click a few times, the switches & signals will line, and UP 4014 will be off to the races.
PBZHO 04 (Passenger- Brazos Yard to Houston, TX)
UP 4-8-8-4 #4014
Tatsie, TX
October 4th, 2024
Artifacts, light flares are corrected...hoping this is a little better. This is a candid street capture of a man, trying to isolate himself from the ambient noise of a NY subway's screeching announcements at rush hour....
No, he is probably scanning the ground for food, seen on my chimney pot.
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Off for a few days, catching the taste of the Scottish winter mood.
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Hi everyone. I've been isolating with covid and doing little projects (of course they're little, lol). These are some recent pre-covid ones. Furniture for my 1/48th shabby chic cottage and a 1/12th desk from Bentley House Miniatures.
Hope everyone is doing well and getting ready for the holidays.
I read this quote on social media yesterday
" some joker got so close to me in the DIY store I wanted to tear his face off!!!!"
So this is my photographic response. Stay safe everyone. No clowns were harmed in the making of this image, I decided it might be a bit too dark to add fake blood!
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This photo isolates the lower "staircase" section of Eastatoe Falls. One stop made with my friend, Jean, was visiting NC. We were rewarded with great conditions and lots of colorful leaves.
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Managed to isolate this one from the others, was easy to do since many of the crocuses yet to bloom,
They have been there for over 30 years and doing great, 2 years ago I planted smaller ones on a different flowered those came up first, could be the soil or the variety of the flower,
Happy Sunday everyone.
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thanks for all your visits, favs or comments .
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It was a spotty year for fall color in the eastern Sierra this autumn as evidenced by these aspen trees in various stages of transition from summer green to winter bare along Highway 395 at Conway Summit. Despite clear sky conditions, it was still fun to play with the telephoto, isolating textural elements at sunset light.
By isolating this minimalist geometric shape against dark panels, I created a study in contrast where the golden line becomes a beacon of light. The composition plays with negative space, allowing the simple form to command attention through its solitary presence.
The town of Wünsdorf was once the largest military base in Europe. The town was the headquarters of the Soviet forces in communist East Germany and had a population of 60,000 people, 50,000 of whom where soldiers. When the Soviet army left in 1994 the population dropped to just 6,000.
The town’s history as a military base dates back to before World War one. It was the headquarters of the High Command of the Germany army during World War II, and was a garrison town long before the Soviets moved in.
Wunsdorf was a closed town during the time it was occupied by the Soviet forces, and effectively became a Soviet town in the heart of Germany. A daily delivery via a direct rail link from Moscow allowed the town to isolate itself from the surrounding areas, having its own shops, theatre, leisure facilities and hospital.
The Haus Der Offiziere had it's own leisure facilities such as a theatre and swimming pool. A giant statue of Lenin stands tall in front of the central building.
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