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Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
Finally the Cisticolas are starting to show themselves around the Sneydes Rd. Paddock, albeit well in to the paddock. I got as close as I could without ending up knee deep in the muddy water.
Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)
I spotted this Dragonfly on the Vic Uni Pond. There are so many Dragon/Damselfies around the pond at the moment.
I am way behind so will catch up later this afternoon/evening.
A Curve-billed Thrasher perched on a Saguaro cactus either: a) avoids the sharp barbs or b) ignores the pain or c) deflects the needles with its feathered exterior. Whichever it is (c?), it is indeed a prickly perch.
A short-eared owl perched and looking skyward for potential "perch stealers". It was fun to watch yesterday as the owls were almost playing with one another, taking turns knocking each other off of their perches. They were also vocalizing quite a bit with their trademark barks and screams.
Thanks for Stopping By ~!
Fort Perch Rock is a coastal defence battery built between 1825 and 1829, It was built to protect the Port of Liverpool and proposed as a fortified lighthouse to replace the old Perch Rock Light, however a separate lighthouse was built.. It is currently open as a museum Wirral sept 2015
After the storm passes you will always see the top of the lighthouse appear first as if to smile at you and say, I'm still here! I'm OK! Although close to the shore, it can be really wild and angry with some huge waves here, particularly against the nearby seawall. I really think the light house at New Brighton is one of the prettiest, in an intereesting environment, with Liverpool Docks, Fort Perch and so much more. I'm surprised it doesn't have a nick name such as "The Pearl of the Mersey", or the White Lady of New Brighton...or perhaps it does and I just don't know it. Other suggestions please on a postcard...
A female Gila Woodpecker seemed to have no issue with this prickly perch, a saguaro cactus at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden
A lifer for me, I noticed this bird in the distance from an elevated platform in the forest. I didn't recognize the species but I was thinking it looked a lot like a Kingbird - given its size and profile. A friend who joined me on the platform identified it as an Olive-sided Flycatcher. Apparently they love to perch as high as they can and then look for insects to eat. I eventually saw three of them in the small patch of forest I was able to see. This photo was captured when the bird was on its closest perch to me, allowing me to get more bird onto my camera pixels ;)
Taken 11 May 2020 at Homer, Alaska.