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we don't need no stinking patches!
CNW 8829, SP 352, SP 174, & SP 309 lead Axial empties on a snowy evening at Blue Mtn west of Clay, CO.
CWBAI 01
Clay, CO
2.4.04
Didn't keep up with the work over winter so paying the price for it now, put a few things in but beds need clearing out and a lot of digging required
Cisticolas are among the most challenging of birds to identify. There are around fifty species that are all small and streaky. The name Cisticola means Cistus-dwelling, referring to the shrubby habitat of many species. Nearly all are found in Africa, with one species on Madagascar (Madagascar Cisticola) and another (Golden-headed Cisticola) in Asia and Australasia. We even have one species in Europe that we used to call Fan-tailed Warbler (Cisticola juncidis) but now call it Zitting Cisticola, and that has occasionally strayed to Britain. DNA studies have revealed that they are not closely related to the Old World Warblers, but are close to White-eyes (Zosterops spp).
So onto Pectoral Patch Cisticola (Cisticola brunnescens) which is patchily distributed on mountains in two well separated areas; West Central Africa and West Central Africa. There aren't many correctly identified photographs on Flickr (some are even the wrong family eg larks). Breeding males have a rufous crown with little streaking but non-breeding males, females and immatures have black-streaked crowns like this. Sometimes they show some darker colouration on the sides of the breast, hence the name Pectoral Patch Cisticola. They feed mainly on the ground in upland (1650-3000m asl) grasslands and moorlands in Ethiopia where I photographed this one. I know it has a cluttered background but it shows the habitat well and there really aren't that many photographs that show the bird as well as this.
This was kind of a sad collection of pumpkins ready for picking at the Cornbelly's Pumpkin Patch in Spanish Fork.
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A Juvenile Northern Flicker and I named this one for his obvious outcropping of white feathers. His two siblings have no such markings...He is sunning and preening in this instance....
This is my first flickr picture and it is work in progress :-) . Since some days I'm stitching together some vintage fabrics to cover a wall in the living room.
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Nothing like a autumn walk through the pumpkin patch :) Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend.
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This shot is unusual as it was taken midday. Most activity for almost any mammal is around dawn and dusk.
After 20 years of collecting patches (and taking photos) in spectacular places all over North America, from White Horse to Miami, the total has reached 120.
They're on display in our RV.
In these here parts, this time of year, skies spend almost all of their time grey or rainy or both. But a brief interlude to the damp gloom this week drew me downtown to try to find some abstracts in the urban reflections.
Nancy: -Hello I'm "Nancy in the city". You're sooo cute!
Patch: -Hehee... Hi! I'm Patch the Brave Knight. You look like Godzilla with your big legs and mini arms!
Nancy: -How rude!
Patch: -But it's a compliment! I love godzillas, I even have a baby one as a pet. He's over there -Yooohoo Zillo! Say Hi to Miss Nancy-, I'm teaching him how to chase asian hornets. They are a real threat to biodiversity, you see.
Nancy: -That's cool! What a great Brave Knight you are! Can you help me find the nearest city?
Patch: -I'm afraid I'm really bad at geography, Milady. But I can tell that you are on the famous DuDidier street, it goes from here to there, both inside and outside.
Nancy: -Ah. I think I heard that already.
Patch: -I love your outfit! It would look great on Zillo. Can I borrow it sometime?
Nancy: -¡absolutamente no!
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I'm so fond of Patch the Brave Knight that I can't bring myself to change her outfit. I might need another Patch who will be wearing it all the time (and possibly build an army of brave knights lol). After all we never know when we'll need the help of a Brave Knight.