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Man looking about, trying to reconcile what just happened inside the office behind him. They knew the truth. But how? And did they believe him when he denied as much?
Someone is going to pay for his immorality and it will not be him.
Rolling hills of Kohler Andrae State Park shrouded in mist create a tranquil landscape. A single crane stands atop a distant hill, adding life to the serene, monochromatic scene.
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I'm outside in the garden, standing tall on my green high heels. I feel confident as a girl, hence my proud and provocative stance. Don't worry though, I'm a sweet girl so I'm always in for a friendly chat or kind hug.
Btw I like how my legs look in this picture: super smooth with black nylons, and super long due to my stance, high heels and short skirt. Nice!
I thought he was having a scratch, but you can see both feet on our tomato cage (built from remesh!). This guy likes to hang out here, looking for competition, as one of the feeders is close by. We think we have two males visiting our feeders.
I was lucky in that he stayed at his perch for a while so I could creep up on him. The shot is still cropped though. I wasn't THAT lucky.
Part of my new series :)
I'm having so much fun with this one!
Haha, hope you like my effort.
Also, this will always be a reminder for me...
I have horrible posture.
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Thank you very much for the visit and comments. Cheers....from a walk in the Oxley Creek Common at low tide. 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)
Striated Heron
Scientific Name: Butorides striata
Description: The Striated Heron is a small, squat water bird with short legs, a black crown and a small, drooping crest. There are two colour morphs (forms). The grey morph has a grey face, throat and neck streaked centrally with black, dark brown and white. The dark grey upperparts have a metallic green sheen and pink-brown to grey underparts. The wings are also green grey, with each feather outlined yellow. The eye is yellow outlined with dark grey, the bill is black and the legs and feet are orange in breeding season (otherwise, dull yellow). The rufous (reddish) morph is similar, but has rich rufous or cinnamon brown underparts and the upper wing feathers are outlined rufous to cinnamon brown. Young birds are darker and heavily streaked and mottled. This species has a characteristic hunched posture, pulling its head closely into its body, and flicks its tail downwards as it stalks prey on mudflats. It is also known as the Mangrove Heron or Mangrove Bittern.
Similar species: The Striated Heron is similar to the smaller (30 cm) Little Bittern, Ixobrychus minutus, which is more chestnut brown with orange-brown wing patches. Striated Herons are also found in mangroves. like Black Bitterns, but Striated Herons are smaller (up to 49 cm) and are lighter grey with a black cap
Distribution: The Striated Heron is found along the coast of mainland Australia, from Shark Bay, Western Australia, across northern Australia, to Cape York, Queensland, and south to Mallacoota, Victoria. It is more common in the north, with numbers falling abruptly south of Sydney, New South Wales. It is also found in North and South America, Africa, Asia, New Guinea and Pacific islands.
Habitat: The Striated Heron is found in mangroves and intertidal flats. It can become tame around marinas and boat ramps.
Seasonal movements: Sedentary.
Feeding: The Striated Heron feeds on crabs and other crustaceans, as well as molluscs and small fish. It stalks prey slowly, either standing and waiting for prey to emerge or may sometimes plunge at it from a perch, before stabbing it with its sharp bill.
Breeding: The Striated Heron nests in mangroves, building rough, flimsy stick platforms about 3 m to 9 m over water. Both sexes share nest-building, egg incubation and care of young. Two broods may be raised in a season.
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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today,
I was called a 'dwarf' by a friend;
I have thirteen mosquito bites (and counting) on my legs, so I've decided to wear knee socks until they go away;
I realized that autumn in San Francisco isn't as great as it is in New York.
in other news, I ordered a hot dog costume.
Least Sandpipers are the smallest of the small sandpipers known as “peeps”—not much bigger than a sparrow. They have distinctive yellow-green legs and a high-pitched creep call. Look for them on edges of mudflats or marshes, where they walk with a hunched posture and probe for little crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates. This common but declining shorebird migrates thousands of miles between its arctic breeding grounds and wintering grounds as far south as Chile and Brazil.
Bunche Beach - Fort Myers, FL
October 23, 2025
Tripod posture : while grooming, the springtail suddenly lifted all legs of one side of the body. They remaine stable on the 3 legs of the other side of the body.
up : Entomobrya sp.
down left : Heteromurus major
down right : Isotomurus maculatus
On the NE side of the slough there is a small kind of 'beach' which has yielded good shorebirds this year. Today there was a mixed flock of around 40 Stilt, Semipalmated and White-rumped sandpiper. Lots of foraging and aggressive behaviour, even between species. The black spots on the water are midge cases. Dale took a handful of mud and water and there were also a number of small worms. Seems to be a super productive spot. No wonder it is so popular. Brown slough, Condie, Saskatchewan, Canada. 27 May 2022
Miami, FL. October 25, 2020. Hasselblad 500 CM/Carl Zeiss Planar 2.8/80 T* lens/ Lomochrome Purple film (100 ISO).
Spring foliage is normally delicate, beautiful and flowery. The foliage of a desert Joshua tree is built to withstand the torturous rigors of a harsh desert environment, on the other hand.
It has a unique beauty.
This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera with a Super-Multi-Coated Macro-Takumar/6X7 1:4/135mm lens attached to a #3 Asahi Pentax extension tube (56mm) and Tiffen 67mm 15 Orange filter using Ilford Delta100 Pro film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop