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The clematis trellis. A lot of birds use this as a launch pad for catching unwary insects flying across the yard. This is a little flycatcher. Bluebirds like to use this too.
Some of the most beautiful, remote mountains in America. I set up a dry camp just off the trail, already over 20 miles into the backcountry, then woke up before 2AM to scramble up over 3000 feet of loose talus in the dark, all to watch a sunrise here. This is a pre-dawn alpenglow shot.
The climber's log at the summit shows 1-2 ascents per year, most of them past park rangers, like myself.
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Ever since my husband rescued one of these, from the middle of the road and stunned, I have been fascinated by them. Quite the feisty little bird, they're referred to as the "butcher bird" because of their behavior of attacking their prey and then caching it on a nearby barbed-wire or some other type of chain-linked fence for later consumption. They're quite beautiful too with that black mask, hooked bill, white belly and throat, gray upper parts, black wings, and white-edged black tail. They hunt from a perch and dive down for their prey. We get the loggerhead shrike, as well as the northern shrikes here in my part of Colorado.
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© Debbie Tubridy Photography
This Osprey was perching and singing during the early morning hour on the grounds of Fort Pickens located on the West end of Pensacola Beach Florida.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird enjoying the morning on his perch in the garden. Thanks so much for stopping by.
© Darlene Bushue 2024
Perched upon the hillside, a bobcat's solitary silhouette graces the snow-covered canvas, a majestic guardian of the winter realm.
Always fun to come across this elusive creature and even better when he's not bothered in the least by my presence. When I posted this image a few others on FB a week or two ago, it sparked a lot of debate about whether this was a bobcat or lynx. I am quite familiar with both and rest assured, this is just a large bobcat. While the tail is not visible in this particular image, here's how I could tell: One of the tell tale signs of the difference is the tail. The tail of a bobcat is white on the underside with a black spot on the top and stripes on the tail. The lynx tail looks like it was dipped in black ink. I do have an image of this guy's tail, and it is most definitely a bobcat.
Have a great weekend!
Black Percher / Glänzender Schwarzpfeil (Diplacodes lefebvrii)
Male / Männchen
Málaga Province, Spain / Spanien
August 2022
This Oriental magpie-robin (copsychus saularis) found a convenient perch at the top of a pollarded tree. The bird remained there for some time, occasionally bursting into song. Photographed on the island of Pangkor, in Malaysia.
. . . thanx to ...-Wink-... for sharing this great texture . . . www.flickr.com/photos/68842954@N00/3274303408/
The lighthouse at New Brighton on the Wirral, tides out and the sun is not.
New Brighton Lighthouse (also known as Perch Rock Lighthouse and called Black Rock Lighthouse in the 19th century) is a decommissioned lighthouse situated at the confluence of the River Mersey and Liverpool Bay on an outcrop off New Brighton known locally as Perch Rock. Together with its neighbour, the Napoleonic era Fort Perch Rock, it is one of the Wirral's best known landmarks.
The name comes from a Perch; a timber tripod supporting a lantern first erected in 1683 as a crude beacon to allow shipping to pass the rock safely. As the Port of Liverpool developed in the Nineteenth Century the perch was deemed inadequate as it required constant maintenance and only produced a limited light. Construction of the present tower began in 1827 by Tomkinson & Company using blocks of interlocking Anglesey granite using dovetail joints and marble dowels. It was designed to use many of the same construction techniques used in the building of John Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse 70 years earlier.[4] Modelled on the trunk of an oak tree, it is a free standing white painted tower with a red iron lantern. It is 29 m (95 ft) tall. It was first lit in 1830 and displayed two white flashes followed by a red flash every minute; the light-source was thirty Argand lamps, mounted on a three-sided revolving array (ten lamps on each side, with red glass mounted in front of one side). There were also three bells mounted under the gallery to serve as a fog signal; they were tolled by the same clockwork mechanism that caused the lamps to revolve.
The lighthouse was in continuous use until decommissioned in October 1973 having been superseded by modern navigational technology. Although the lighting apparatus and fog bell have been removed, the lighthouse is very well preserved and retains many features lost on other disused lighthouses. It was restored and repainted in 2001 when an LED lightsource was installed which flashed the names of those lost at sea; including all the 1,517 victims of the sinking of the Titanic. At low tide, it is possible to walk to the base of the tower, but a 25-foot ladder is needed to reach the doorway. The lighthouse is privately owned and maintained by the Kingham family, and is a Grade II* listed building.
Another plan to illuminate the lantern using LEDs and solar panels was achieved with a grant from the Coastal Revival and New Brighton Coastal Community Team (NBCCT) and has been operating (albeit only to be seen from land) since 2015. The new light replicates the old characteristic of two white flashes followed by a red flash.
A male tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor, Hirundinidae) calls from a high perch of an eastern cottonwood tree (Populus deltoides, Salicaceae)
Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area south of Waukau, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Leopold Wetland Management District
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
AP212116m.2
© Darlene Bushue 2022
There's no mistaking the silhouette of an eagle, so I was delighted to find this immature bald perched at the top of a snag as I was enjoying the sunrise last weekend. Get out and enjoy the weekend...the weather is supposed to be beautiful at least in the high country :).
An Eastern Meadowlark that resides in a field nearby - when I'm bored, I go and shoot him. He's quite familiar with the Ram that pulls up beside his favorite perch.
My first proper explore since lockdown has finished, and decided I need to go back to somewhere I knew, but enjoyed.
The name comes from a Perch; a timber tripod supporting a lantern first erected in 1683 as a crude beacon to allow shipping to pass the rock safely.
As the Port of Liverpool developed in the Nineteenth Century the perch was deemed inadequate as it required constant maintenance and only produced a limited light. Construction of the present tower began in 1827 by Tomkinson & Company using blocks of interlocking Anglesey granite using dovetail joints and marble dowels. It was designed to use many of the same construction techniques used in the building of John Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse 70 years earlier.
Modelled on the trunk of an oak tree, it is a free standing white painted tower with a red iron lantern. It is 29 m (95 ft) tall. It was first lit in 1830 and displayed two white flashes followed by a red flash every minute; the light-source was thirty Argand lamps, mounted on a three-sided revolving array (ten lamps on each side, with red glass mounted in front of one side). There were also three bells mounted under the gallery to serve as a fog signal; they were tolled by the same clockwork mechanism that caused the lamps to revolve.
The lighthouse was in continuous use until decommissioned in October 1973 having been superseded by modern navigational technology. Although the lighting apparatus and fog bell have been removed, the lighthouse is very well preserved and retains many features lost on other disused lighthouses.
It was restored and repainted in 2001 when an LED lightsource was installed which flashed the names of those lost at sea; including all the 1,517 victims of the sinking of the Titanic.
At low tide, it is possible to walk to the base of the tower, but a 25-foot ladder is needed to reach the doorway. The lighthouse is privately owned and maintained by the Kingham family, and is a Grade II* listed building.
Taken using :
NIsi V6 Holder.
Landscape CPL
3 Stop Med GND
6 Stop ND Filter
Benro Rhino 2 CF Tripod.