King County, WA: Largest County in WA; 14th in the US!
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Time of a bit of colour!
For more details on that trip, see www.stephenburch.com/trips/australia/aus_oreillys.htm
Taken at Gold Harbour, South Georgia on our cruise to the Falklands Islands, South Georgia and Antarctica in 2019. I can't help but think how fortunate I was to visit this area before Covid-19 halted all travel.
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Opening. I will post another shot when it is fully open. It is a very large flower - perfect for drying when it 'Dies'. :)
Done for Crazy Tuesday.
A little bit of wildlife. A king vulture or Sarcoramphus.
Have a beautiful day, everyone!
Third king of Belgium.
King from 1909 - 1934
Albert I died after a fall from the rocks in Marche-les-Dames on February 17, 1934.
Alaska's King Mountain and a portion of the Chugach range rising majestically above the Matunuska river.
Thanks for taking a peak peek!
Perched atop the Tintagel cliffs stands a bronze statue of King Arthur clutching his sword and gazing back across the ruins of Tintagel castle in Cornwall, England, it is around 8ft tall , and created by Rubin Enyon, and is truly an amazing work of art
There is a colour version of this picture on my Flickr account if you would like to see it :)
Rallus Elegans
One very tough bird to get in the open, but if you wait long enough, it does pop out very briefly.
Montgomery, PA
So, do we call a female King Parrot a Queen? I think we should. This beauty was lurking in the depths of my old computer which I managed to wake this morning from what has been a year long sleep. Had all sorts of dramas with it, but it seemed to wake up fine and I was able to salvage a thousand or so old images from it.
Taken near Apollo Bay in Victoria where they regularly visited the local houses and gardens. So wonderful to get close!
eastern kingbird & unfortunate dragonfly
canoe island, lake george
caught on the wing, then perched in order to flip and swallow it head first.
KING CRIMSON
I just couldn't believe my luck today, when I lifted a sheet of tin next to the car bonnet and this brick red snake was under it. It was a mere two days after finding that stunning orange Copperhead not more than 2 metres away! Portrait of a stupendous, adult male, red phase Lowland Copperhead (Austrelaps superbus) found thermoregulating under cover at lunchtime today. The weather conditions were mild, with full cloud cover and 19 deg. C. at that time. The sheet of tin he was under has been strategically placed to attract such beauties right near the front door, and it did not disappoint. I had not yet been acquainted with him prior to this meeting, so we got to know each other a little better over a quick photo shoot before he was returned to his tin palace. I really love how the coal-coloured interstitial skin is offsetting those raised, plate-like, scarlet red scales. What a glamourous pair of neighbours I've got!!
With its top-heavy physique, energetic flight, and piercing rattle, the Belted Kingfisher seems to have an air of self-importance as it patrols up and down rivers and shorelines. It nests in burrows along earthen banks and feeds almost entirely on aquatic prey, diving to catch fish and crayfish with its heavy, straight bill. These ragged-crested birds are a powdery blue-gray; males have one blue band across the white breast, while females have a blue and a chestnut band.
In South Florida they call the belted kingfisher the "Don King" of birds because of its distinctive, permanent bad-feather-day look that makes it easy to identify even at a distance.
I found this female along Peavine Road in Osceola County, Florida.
I "Broke Out" the old SX50 for a few shots!