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This young great horned owl is a big draw at Dawson creek - I heard about it from other photographers/bird enthusiasts, so went for a visit.
I saw this Buzzard whilst on a local walk recently soaring in a bright blue winter sky.
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This is a Townsend's solitaire. It was seen on Sunday at Koll Center wetlands, and soon had attracted bird watchers and photographers to try to catch a view of it. I wasn't fortunate enough on Sunday, but did get to see it today - a lifer for me! Thanks to Keith Todd for calling my attention to the location!
Timeline Events photo charter. Jinty 47406 making a spirited departure from Loughborough on the Great Central Railway.
Timeline Events photo charter. Jinty 47406 making a spirited departure from Loughborough on the Great Central Railway.
The North Rim of the Grand Canyon, at 8000 ft., provides one with an expansive view of the canyon, sky and the weather that passes through. Watching these storms was musical. As they say, "all politics is local", so too with rain!
At a local park not more than a few miles from my house. At low tide there is solid stretch of land that connects to the small island just right of center. This area is a designated bird sanctuary home to gulls, Canadian geese, egrets, swans, hawks, flacons and various species of mallards. This area is not recommended during hot summer days as mosquitos, deer flies and ticks will bite you to pieces.
SEWERAGE WORKS, a local capture, where there are flies, often many birds are found, and it was good to capture my first Chiffchaff of the year here. A tiny warbler that is perhaps best known for its onomatopoeic song "Chiffchaff, Chiffchaff !" The bill is thin and needle-like while the legs are black, it is mainly a summer visitor to the Southern half of the UK and mainly associated with mature deciduous woodland with a dense understorey of shrubs. Regret to say this bird was a bit over the top of me for a decent image.
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in our local BIG park. We were expecting heavy grey skies this year, but we were blessed with this wonderful light ! I have still to cook our Christmas meal - so I'm rushing to get this on before starting the real cooking !
Hope you've had a lovely Christmas Day so far (it's not over yet) - a lovely time whatever you are celebrating, and that you are suffused with good feelings.
My heart goes out to those who find Christmas and the New Year a lonely and difficult time. We are so lucky to be visiting family tomorrow - I am a lucky woman!
Thanks so much for all your support, as always... you know how I value each and every one of you. I am sorry if I can't always keep up with you !
~ Taken with my Sony RX100M3 camera and edited in PicMonkey with a slight touch of Topaz Glow. ~
The new era has begun on the Canadian National's Portland line in Quebec. A swing to full GMD's has taken about a year since my first visit to the area as seen at the "farm curve" between Waterville and Compton Station. The local out of Richmond has a healthy cut of lumber for the distributor in Coaticook on this day.
Friday's R-MRL841 tends to return east with a healthy cut of power, as they often bring back the Logan local power for relay to Livingston or points east. This week's train was no exception, and with an extra GP9 in the mix, they ended up having five engines. After building their train at Logan, they wasted no time heading east - we beat them from the west end of Manhattan siding here to the west end of Bozeman siding with seconds to spare.
I took Marnie down to the local fish pond yesterday afternoon near sunset. It was a beautiful day all day. So good to be out again ! There was still ice over parts of the pond, but it was very thin, it was cracking under the ducks' feet ! We didn't try it out, anyway !
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