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I found this female Osprey finishing off a fish across the water from me at Huntley Meadows. The photo conditions couldn't have been worse. So, I waited. Sure enough she flew away, caught another fish from the lake at Huntley Meadows, and returned. This time her perch was in a great location and I captured this image of her just before she ate the fish.
As someone commented, it looks like an expensive Koi that she has. I would have to agree, but I watched her catch it at the lake at Huntley Meadows so someone must have released a Koi into the lake. It's hard to miss that red!
Taken 18 March 2017 at Huntley Meadows Park in Virginia.
Been going through some of my earlier pictures and touching them up with Topaz Denoise and Sharpening, the software is amazing =)
The coldest day of the year so far gave us some beautiful morning light to photograph this stunning female Kingfisher
When I saw that the sky was clear on the way home in the dark, I thought I would try and photograph Comet Lovejoy as soon as I finished my tea. After all, the information was that if I didn't take the opportunity to see it tonight (or the next few nights) I would have to wait another 6000 years to see it again. Unfortunately after some nice brown rice and spicy goulash I discovered the clouds were obscuring the night sky and I resigned myself to watching The Undateables (which my wife reckons I would be on if she hadn't done me a favour) and farting about with lighthouse pictures. So this is the last, and I hope it's not cloudy tomorrow night.
Perch Rock Lighthouse at New Brighton Merseyside. I like the reflections of the lighthouse in the rock pools.
This will be my last post of a Snowy Owl for a while. I might have said that with the last Snowy image that I posted, but I found this perch shot that I wanted to share. I took this image with foreground tan vegetation at the bottom end of the frame and I like the effect. Please view large for best Snowy Perch experience.
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It's not the tallest, or the most dramatic but I think Perch Rock lighthouse at the mouth of the River Mersey is one of the prettiest. It's a proper lighthouse.
This picture is for some lighthouse lovers
I believe this is some type of Paper wasp on a beginning blossom of a Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium L.) plant. The wasp and plant were in a bit of bright sun and just near the minimum focus distance of the big glass.
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....from a walk through Oxley Creek Common. Oxley Creek Common is home to a remarkable variety of birds. An experienced observer can find as many as 70 species in one hour of observation during the spring about 10% of all Australia's bird species and several times the diversity one could find walking the suburbs. In the past eleven years over 190 species have been recorded on the Common. (Source: University of Queensland)
Sacred Kingfisher
Scientific Name: Todiramphus sanctus
Description: The Sacred Kingfisher is a medium sized kingfisher. It has a turquoise back, turquoise blue rump and tail, buff-white underparts and a broad cream collar. There is a broad black eye stripe extending from bill to nape of neck. Both sexes are similar, although the female is generally lighter with duller upper parts. Young birds are similar to the female, but have varying amounts of rusty-brown edging to feathers on the collar and underparts, and buff edges on the wing coverts.
Distribution: The Sacred Kingfisher is common and familiar throughout the coastal regions of mainland Australia and less common throughout Tasmania. The species is also found on islands from Australasia to Indonesia and New Zealand.
Habitat: The Sacred Kingfisher inhabits woodlands, mangroves and paperbark forests, tall open eucalypt forest and melaleuca forest.
Seasonal movements: In Australia, Sacred Kingfishers spend the winter in the north of their range and return south in the spring to breed.
Feeding: Sacred Kingfishers forage mainly on the land, only occasionally capturing prey in the water. They feed on crustaceans, reptiles, insects and their larvae and, infrequently, fish. The birds perch on low exposed branch on the lookout for prey. Once prey is located, the Sacred Kingfisher swoops down and grasps it in its bill, returning to the perch to eat it.
Breeding: For most of the year Sacred Kingfishers are mainly solitary, pairing only for the breeding season. Usually two clutches are laid in a season. Both sexes excavate the nest, which is normally a burrow in a termite mound, hollow branch or river bank. The nest chamber is unlined and can be up to 20m above the ground. Both sexes also incubate the eggs and care for the young.
Calls: The voice of the Sacred Kingfisher is a loud "ek ek ek ek" repeated continuously throughout breeding season. Birds also give a "kee kee kee" in excitement and a series of chirring, scolding notes when alarmed.
Minimum Size: 19cm
Maximum Size: 24cm
Average size: 21cm
Average weight: 45g
Breeding season: September to December; occasionally extended to March, if conditions are favourable.
Clutch Size: 3 to 6
Incubation: 18 days
Nestling Period: 26 days
(Sources: www.birdsinbackyards.net and "The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds - Second Edition")
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