Nothing prettier than a male American Kestrel sitting on a clean perch with perfect light and blue skies in January. Now I know how it must feel to win the lottery. Love these little Falcons!

It will take quite a number of those to fill up this heron. Worth a look large.

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Many years ago I use to collect slot tokens from each casino I visited.

Bank vole foraging for food amongst the autumn leaves

This Tufted Titmouse found an acorn but was unable to crack the nut open. It was funny that it would bother with a nut that was half the size of it's head, quite the challenge for this fellow.

Pinery Provincial Park,

Lambton Shores, ON

This Cedar Waxwing just hit the jackpot. So nice of this one to give a great pose.

The House Wren has a beak full of insects. I tried to watch if it was going to a nest to feed young or if it was a solo meal, but the tangles were too thick where the wren dissappeared into.

Wawanosh Wetlands,

Sarnia, ON

This could be the last bear picture for awhile.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ~ (Polioptila caerulea)

This Blue-gray Gnatcatcher stopped its frantic foraging for a moment as it stumbled upon a potential snack dangling from a strand of spider-web.

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Just as I was lamenting the lack of phot-ops in the first few days of 2007, this dreary day surprised me with this gorgeous display!

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for a brief time at the beginning of the 1900s, the word ‘jackpot’ was associated with misfortune, hardship or being in trouble with the law

in his book, the cowboy, philip rollins used the phrase jackpot as an expression to signify a perplexing situation

in 1941, agnes morley cleaveland used the term in her book, no life for a lady‎...one of the characters needed to get “out of a jackpot”

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Like I was the only one watching the sun set between the poles of the old casino in Scheveningen. Well .. I was not!!

Avez vous déjà vu voler un Grèbe huppé ? Déjà rien que ça c'est très rare en période de nidification (et rare tout court puisqu'ils ne s'envolent qu'en cas d'extrême urgence , préférant largement prendre la fuite en plongeant et en réapparaissant à 50 , voir 100 m...) , et qu'ils ne volent que pour leur "migration" , ce qui est normal ,essayez de faire voler un sous-marin en lui mettant des ailes... ☺

Mais alors voler avec un poisson dans le bec c'est exceptionnel , vu qu'un Grèbe chassant avale immédiatement sa proie dès qu'il fait surface... Sauf quand il a des petits à nourrir , ce qui est le cas ici .

Les Grèbes se sont fait enfermer par une nappe d'algue infranchissable pour les jeunes ,et à ma grande stupéfaction ,Juliette est revenue en vol vers leur enclave...

La première fois , elle m'a surpris , j'ai cru que c'était un Colvert qui venait , les deux autres fois je l'ai attendu avec l'appareil prêt... Exercice difficile au 500 mm , faut la "chopper" , car elle arrive vite et en rase-vagues...

J'ai largement plus de mille heures d'observation de ces Grèbes depuis six ans et c'est un document exceptionnel !

Remarquez , une fois de plus , la position des pattes , qui les rendent si efficaces sous l'eau et si maladroit sur du ferme , et le fait qu'ils n'ont pas de queue (qui serait un frein sous l'eau...) et que ce sont ces même pattes qui leur servent de gouvernail en vol ...

Fun to play slot machines when you win.

Some mornings work out perfectly. Went to the forest to try and find a male Scarlet Tanager. Hit the jackpot!

13/06/2020; I stood here for numerous evenings already, but then the sunset ended up being disappointing in the end. So even though I live fairly nearby the Twiskemolen, I'm still very glad I finally managed to shoot it with the sunset I was looking for all along.

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This Western Gull found himself a good meal!

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Monarch butterfly nectaring on a Cactus-flowered Zinnia

Just as the darkness descended this tiny Blue Tit hit the jackpot and found the Peanut Butter the others had all missed.

A mockingbird eating a berry.

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Hangry : Rich Af Fatpack including Glasses/Money fan/Coffee cup @ Equal10 January Round -------> Hangry Mainstore

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The fifth thunderstorm in 24 hours gave a tremendous light show over the mountain tonight. Eight years, and this is the first time I've had this opportunity.

[I realize that the landscape looks slightly tilted, but that's the lay of the land. I'm very particular about horizon lines, and this one bugs me, but not going to alter nature.]

Saturday sunrise at Govetts with a few from the camera club, and the weather gods definitely smiled on us. I can't remember a more spectacular show or think of a better setting for it

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Sur la route du Casino de Blotzheim , l'abeille et le coquelicot juste dans l'axe et avec le soleil du matin...

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...or should it be windfall?

This Fieldfare was appreciating the fallen apples and doing a good job of keeping its cousins the blackbirds away.

Another bird that can hear a door or window latch at 50 metres and disappear instantly so this shot was taken handheld through the double glazing.

Jeffrey City is a "modern" ghost town. Most of the buildings have been torn down or moved, but a few people are hanging on. I don't know how...

A Semipalmated Sandpiper with a clump of Horseshoe Crab eggs too big to swallow! It hit the jackpot and I was able to watch him tear it apart and feast

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Gerade noch rechtzeitig bevor die Sonne verschwunden war, kam 185 142 "Edelweiss" und 185 152 "Kali+Salz" mit ihrem Militärzug nach Weiden (Oberpf) über die Göltzschtalbrücke. Eine grandiose Kulisse mit einem einmaligen Zug!

Playing lucky 7's. EWD departs Northtown.

Great Blue Heron ~ (Ardea herodias)

I'm not sure there is a more impressive eater and predator in the bird world. The Great Blue Heron will devour just about anything, and what it is able to maneuver down that narrow neck never fails to amaze me. After this catch, the heron tried several angles but eventually swallowed this Bluegill whole. T-Rex reborn.

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This Red Squirrel must have thought it had won the big prize when it found this suet ball on the ground. It tried to drag and even lift the treat back to the bushes but had to abandon that idea because of the size and weight of the suet. I give it a 10 for effort though.

I wish.........

I dream......

the Jackpot is so close and yet sooooooooo far..........

My you all hit a Jackpot of some kind this coming week.........

I still wish..........

I still dreammm,,,,,,,!!!