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I missed out years ago when the movie was released and the prices on eBay were/are ridiculous. I hope they have plans to rerelease the rest of the line, including the PVC figures. #necatoys #laikastudios #coralinedoll #coralinefigure #sleet #winterinspring
“Nondescript save for its crest, the Oak Titmouse might not wow many bird watchers at first sight. But these vocal, active birds characterize the warm, dry oak woods from southern Oregon to Baja California—they’re “the voice and soul of the oaks,” according to one early naturalist. Mates pair for life, and both partners noisily defend their territory year-round….. Oak Titmice are small songbirds with short, stubby bills, a short crest on the head, and a medium-long tail….. Active and constantly moving in flocks, Oak Titmice eat seeds and insects that they glean from bark and leaves….. Oak Titmice are strongly tied to oak trees, although they also live in areas of open pine or mixed oak-pine forest. The species is almost entirely restricted to dry slopes in California, though it ranges north to Oregon and south to Baja California as well….. The oldest Oak Titmouse on record was at least 9 years old when it was recaught and rereleased during banding operations in California.”
Status : Least Concern
Source : Cornell University Lab of Ornithology.
Brown Acres – Jackson County – Oregon - USA
In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
"A female Mountain Bluebird pays more attention to good nest sites than to attractive males. She chooses her mate solely on the basis of the location and quality of the nesting cavity he offers her—disregarding his attributes as a singer, a flier, or a looker.
A male Mountain Bluebird frequently feeds his mate while she is incubating and brooding. As the male approaches with food, the female may beg fledgling-style—with open beak, quivering wings, and begging calls. More often, she waits until her mate perches nearby, then silently flicks the wing farthest from him—a signal that usually sends him off to find her a snack.
The oldest recorded Mountain Bluebird was a female, and at least 9 years old when she was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Alberta in 2005. She had been banded in the same province in 1997." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/
Late afternoon on 20 July 2017, the smoke haze from the B.C. and Alberta wildfires seemed to have lifted somewhat. So, I took a drive along some of my favourite roads SW of the city, seeing a few of the 'usual' things. These included this busy Mountain Bluebird, collecting some interesting insects for his babies. Also, an American Robin flew in just when I was looking for the Mountain Bluebirds, landed on a fence post, gave me time for one quick shot, and then off he flew. He, too, was busily collecting food for his family. I always think Robins are such beautiful, but often overlooked, birds.
In between photographing Bluebirds, I drove part way along a road that I had only ever been on once before, and that was quite recently. Usually, I am home earlier than I was on this particular day. This later time meant that I was lucky enough to see two families of deer - White-tailed and Mule Deer. The first was a Mule Deer doe with her fawn standing at the edge of the road. I pulled over way down the road and waited till they had safely crossed. Managed to get a couple of distant shot through the windscreen, with the usual poor quality results. I knew that there would be a barbed-wire fence the far side of the road and I didn't want to spook them and risk them getting tangled in the sharp barbs. Several years ago, I had seen a huge Moose get spooked and then get briefly tangled in barbed wire - it spooked when it suddenly realized that some cows had quietly come up behind it!
I have rereleased this as a 4:3 aspect ratio. I think this allows the interesting center to show more.
This is the the interior of the Vancouver Convention Centre. I have applied a planetization filter. The black hole is the floor. The orange rays are the lights hanging from the ceiling.
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Mahoney Lake, west of Oliver, BC. A high key image before I figured out that s/he was going to give me time to figure out the best angles for a better bokeh....
From: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Spotted_Towhee/overview
The Spotted Towhee is a large, striking sparrow of sun-baked thickets of the West. When you catch sight of one, they’re gleaming black above (females are grayish brown), spotted and striped with brilliant white. Their warm rufous flanks match the dry leaves they spend their time hopping around in. The birds can be hard to see in the leaf litter, so your best chance for an unobstructed look at this handsome bird may be in the spring, when males climb into the shrub tops to sing their buzzy songs.
Cool Facts
• Watch a Spotted Towhee feeding on the ground; you'll probably observe its two-footed, backwards-scratching hop. This "double-scratching" is used by a number of towhee and sparrow species to uncover the seeds and small invertebrates they feed on. One Spotted Towhee with an unusable, injured foot was observed hopping and scratching with one foot.
• The Spotted Towhee and the very similar Eastern Towhee used to be considered the same species, the Rufous-sided Towhee. The two forms still occur together in the Great Plains, where they sometimes interbreed. This is a common evolutionary pattern in North American birds – a holdover from when the great ice sheets split the continent down the middle, isolating birds into eastern and western populations that eventually became new species.
• Early in the breeding season, male Spotted Towhees spend their mornings singing their hearts out, trying to attract a mate. Male towhees have been recorded spending 70 percent to 90 percent of their mornings singing. Almost as soon as they attract a mate, their attention shifts to other things, and they spend only about 5 percent of their time singing.
• Spotted Towhees live in drier habitats than Eastern Towhees. Some scientists have suggested that the bold white spots on Spotted Towhees’ backs help them blend in to the sun-dappled undergrowth.
• The oldest recorded Spotted Towhee was a male, and at least 11 years old when he was recaught and rereleased during banding operations in California in 2010.
I'm in a dollie paradise, let me tell you. XD MY BLUE DOLLS ARRIVED WITHIN DAYS OF EACH OTHER. *____* SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! And her arms!! AHHH!!!
I always loved Souldoll's Shiva, but never had the means to get her when she was available either direct or secondhand. I also didn't like her head much, but who cares about that, right!?! XD When Souldoll rereleased her, letting you choose any head? And offered mint blue?? And accepted layaway??? On top of it all she was discounted HEH how was I supposed to resist that. Paid her off in June I think, and I expected to be waiting quite a while more! Though I expected Dollshe to take even longer! It's a miracle! TWO miracles! :D
Her skin tone kind of worried me; I wasn't sure if I would like it at all, and I struggled to come up with a color scheme for her. I bought this wig when I was still undecided, and it does look pretty damn nice, but it won't be her final look. Because I like pain, I bought some hair and will make her a wig. XD;; I decided I'm going to do it BEFORE painting her faceup. That way I'll actually DO IT, since I'm ddyyyyiiing to paint her UUUUGGGH. That face. omg. She's like a mix between Sian Phillips and Angelina Jolie. *____*
Anyways. She'll probably be in progress for a while, since I have to make her wig and paint all those hands! And I have to build up the courage to mod her so she can have six arms >_____> As I said. I like pain.
Not 100% decided on a name, but I'm leaning towards Vinea!
We are highlighting one of our favorites, Zig Zag Records in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Although you can no longer shop at Zig Zag as it closed in December 2010, there are still many independently owned #recordstore in NYC to purchase the more than 500 rereleased #vinyl albums special to this day. Our #analog photo of Zig Zag Records appears in our book “Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York.”
All photos in this set were taken at the Howell Nature in Howell, Michigan. The animals all have been permanently injured and cannot be rereleased into the wild.
A yellow warbler, juvenile, with its blotchy feathers.
June 28, 2024, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
Waiting its turn in our small water feature.
Setophaga petechia
The oldest-known Yellow Warbler was a female and was at least 11 years old when she was recaught and rereleased during banding operations in New York.
This solitary Sycamore tree stands in the Pennine Hills just above the village of Holmfirth. I have passed it many times and thought it looked photogenic but last weekend the light was wonderful so I stopped to photograph it. The sun was just setting, backlighting the Sycamore with the trees and walls casting long sunset shadows on the patchwork quilt of fields on the distant hillside. The song "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" was sung in the Laurel & Hardy film "Way Out West" (1937) but it was a familiar song of my childhood when it was rereleased in 1975 and reached number 2 in the charts.
After an earlier release that failed (he went into the river) this male Bald Eagle was dried off and after a short rest, rereleased. I like the expression on her face.
I always think there is something beautiful about seeing blue and yellow together. They just seem to be made for each other.
In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
"A female Mountain Bluebird pays more attention to good nest sites than to attractive males. She chooses her mate solely on the basis of the location and quality of the nesting cavity he offers her—disregarding his attributes as a singer, a flier, or a looker.
A male Mountain Bluebird frequently feeds his mate while she is incubating and brooding. As the male approaches with food, the female may beg fledgling-style—with open beak, quivering wings, and begging calls. More often, she waits until her mate perches nearby, then silently flicks the wing farthest from him—a signal that usually sends him off to find her a snack.
The oldest recorded Mountain Bluebird was a female, and at least 9 years old when she was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Alberta in 2005. She had been banded in the same province in 1997." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/
The day before yesterday, 11 July 2018, my place was just too hot for comfort. so I took a short drive SW of the city to see what I could find. I had been wondering if the Mountain Bluebirds were still around and I wanted to check on them. A few were found and two pairs gave me a few chances to take photos. The first pair I checked on was nowhere to be seen - and then I knew why. Way down the road, perched on a high power post, was a Red-tailed Hawk. Once the hawk had flown off over the fields, the Bluebirds appeared. Certain other bird species were not seen during the time I spent out there, so I guess I will have to try again another day.
The highlight of my drive was suddenly spotting a beautiful Moose (probably a young one from last year) who was busily feeding on the trees and bushes a short way into the forest. It was so dark within the trees that I almost missed seeing it. In fact, I thought I had spotted a deer, but a quick U-turn and I discovered it was a Moose, not a deer. It was in no hurry to move away and was still there when I left. Almost every one of my photos came out blurry - most likely because I was shooting from the driver's seat across the passenger seat, with the car still running : ( I had pulled over in a place that was not the best for stopping, so wanted to be able to move if I needed to. Happy that a handful of photos came out OK, though.
The Pileated Woodpecker
“At an average 18" in length, the pileated is the largest woodpecker in Canada. These colossal birds, with their striking red crest and resemblance to prehistoric pterodactyls in flight, are thought to be the inspiration for the once popular cartoon Woody the Woodpecker. As Woody had his loud laugh, pileated woodpeckers also make noise to match their size. Their drumming, reminiscent of construction machinery, can be heard up to a kilometre away.” (1)
“It is fairly easy to recognize a pileated woodpecker by its large size and the red crest on its head. The body is predominantly black, with thick black and white stripes reaching from the bill to the wing and chest area. The red 'moustache' along the cheek distinguishes males from females.” (1)
“A Pileated Woodpecker pair stays together on its territory all year round. It will defend the territory in all seasons, but will tolerate new arrivals during the winter.” (2)
“The oldest known Pileated Woodpecker was a male, and at least 12 years, 11 months old when he was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Maryland.” (2)
Sources: (1) cwf-fcf.org/en/resources/encyclopedias/fauna/birds/pileat...
(2) www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pileated_Woodpecker/overview
Well, 24 hours ago, I was so relieved that I was all caught up with my recent photos, leaving me with just the last few days of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas to sort through, edit and post. Then, yesterday, I happened to check the weather forecast and discovered that we were in for a few days of rain. That settled it, I knew I had better go for a short drive, and ended up going to my 'usual' places.
Four of the birds I saw and was able to photograph were a Wilson's Snipe, a Black Tern on a fence post, a Mountain Bluebird against a field of yellow, and a female American Goldfinch who was hanging out with a pair of Bluebirds.
By the time I got out SW of the city, a few dark clouds were rolling in and it was windy. I remember the wind slightly ruffling the Snipe's feathers, but the other three birds were having a hard time keeping their balance, especially the Tern.
Though these birds didn't come with the excitement of being lifers for me, I get just as much enjoyment from finding and taking photos of these birds that I have seen before, many times over the years. Which is just as well, as I so rarely see a new bird species, except for when I am fortunate enough to go on special trip like the one to South Texas. It also feels good to be able to share a few 'better' photos, when I post so many that are just record shots : )
In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
"A female Mountain Bluebird pays more attention to good nest sites than to attractive males. She chooses her mate solely on the basis of the location and quality of the nesting cavity he offers her—disregarding his attributes as a singer, a flier, or a looker.
A male Mountain Bluebird frequently feeds his mate while she is incubating and brooding. As the male approaches with food, the female may beg fledgling-style—with open beak, quivering wings, and begging calls. More often, she waits until her mate perches nearby, then silently flicks the wing farthest from him—a signal that usually sends him off to find her a snack.
The oldest recorded Mountain Bluebird was a female, and at least 9 years old when she was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Alberta in 2005. She had been banded in the same province in 1997." From AllAboutBirds.
Adult downy woodpecker feeding a recently fledged chick.
Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario , Canada, June 8, 2024.
Dryobates pubescens.
The oldest known Downy Woodpecker was a male and at least 11 years, 11 months old when he was recaptured and rereleased in 1996 during banding operations in California. He had been banded in the same state in 1985.
source-allaboutbirds-orrg.
Or the Magnificent, pre 2017... Cool facts from Cornell:
•The Rivoli's Hummingbird is the second-largest hummingbird north of Mexico. Only the Blue-throated Hummingbird is larger.
•Rivoli’s Hummingbird was named in honor of the Duke of Rivoli, an amateur ornithologist. Anna’s Hummingbird was named after his wife, Anna, the Duchess of Rivoli. [As we all are amateur ornithologists in our own way, we should too get a bird named after us. What's good for a Duke should be good for us poppers]
•The Rivoli's Hummingbird has been known to hybridize with the Blue-throated Hummingbird, Broad-billed Hummingbird, the Violet-crowned Hummingbird, and the Berylline Hummingbird.
•Rivoli's Hummingbirds have one of the highest recorded heart rates of any vertebrate (range 420–1,200 beats/min)
•A hummingbird flower mite uses the Rivoli's Hummingbird for transport: hiding in the birds’ nasal passages until they can jump off at a subsequent flower patch.
•The oldest recorded Rivoli's Hummingbird was a male, and at least 11 years old when he was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Arizona.
You really get a sense from this capture of the energy needed for a swan to take off and land....Our local swans had been rescued by the wonderful Swan Sanctuary because oil had been discharged into the canal making it impossible for them to swim and be water tight. This is the day after they were rereleased back and they were all so excited and active . A lovely sight
"Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis - a good hot cup of coffee. ~Alexander King"
The genus Protea was named after the Greek God Proteus who could assume many shapes because like him, Proteas come in so many different forms.
These here are Leucospermum (Pincushion, Pincushion Protea) is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, native to Zimbabwe and South Africa, where they occupy a variety of habitats, including scrub, forest, and mountain slopes.
Proteas will attract bees and birds to a garden. They are full of nectar and often are called sugarbushes.
Some are so sticky from nectar, insects actually get trapped in them.
Some of their tips broke open to rerelease the rich yellow pollen and also: the inside seemed to be 'flowering'.
I buy them for Paul especially.... and also, of course for the studio LOL.
Thank you for your visits and comments, greatly appreciated, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
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Royals news Haa ... this morning I went to the Super market, and boom
Finally I found The Re- Releases Dexter and Lizzie ..
and I had no choice but to take them home u_u ..: D
° I plan to find first editions.
and those not will come out of their boxes: 3
And ofcourse Kitty and Dutchess .. haa are so beautiful ... did not know
.. Kitty choose which obviously would come home with me ..> _ <..
I enter my doubts when I had to choose between Dutchess and Ginger ..
minutes passed and did not know which take: O only had 2 boxes of Ginger ..
and people was still wanting to go in that little hall EAH ..no XD I had another option that .. Bring Dutchess and Kitty ♔ ♔
Lizzie & Dexter .. ♔ ♔
Anyway I hope to go this weekend and find Ginger ..
and if you can not find it .. U_u I'll get to mourn XD
Thanks for reading, visit and get to favorites ... seriously thank you very much ... when you have a little more time I'll upload the pictures of my new EAH¡¡
The other side of my Re-ment display shelf for my Japanese themed Re-ments. Still a work in progress, I just have paper taped to my shelf... I have a lot of Re-ments to go too, but all the sets I planned on getting became too expensive... Re-ment, please rerelease older sets Q__Q
Hi! If you'd like an early peruse of our discounts for this weekend, just wanted to let you know everything is set in our sales room, follow the floor stamps if you need help finding it :)
Includes Baddie Sessions which is brand new to the sale, incl several gacha rereleases and more discounts.
Have a fantastic weekend!
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A few weeks ago I purchased this Dexter Charming .. obviously is one of the Rereleases because in my city .. I think .. u_u never appear ..
Anyway it out of the box .. because the truth,, hair looked awful all up .. without accessories. so I got creative .. and
could do little brooch or pin, and also the characteristic scarf ..
Use only a piece of fabric ... and gave a little color .. because I could not get any piece of cloth with blue stripes ..
so will change the hairstyle. and the Woow .... .. really looks much better and looks super cute .. thousand times better than it was in the box ...
the only thing left is to do the same with lizzie .. and try to get the first editions .. U_u ..
.thanks for reading, get in favorites and all those nice things, I would like to see comments hahaaha .. XD
Later or tomorrow I'll upload the pictures kind review as I always do ..: D
so bye .. you have a happy day :)
Horned grebe, Erieau, Ontario, April 27, 2019.
Went looking for the eared grebe at Erieau, which I saw, got this photo of the horned grebe from the pontoon. The grebe was going left, I was going right and the boat was rocking.
Podiceps auritus
The oldest recorded Horned Grebe was at least 5 years, 11 months old when it was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in the Northwest Territories in 2007, the same place where it had been banded in 2002.
Most people will probably be in bed by now, or at least not on Flickr, so I've just added 12 odds and ends of photos, taken on 13th July 2018. Though most of the flower photos leave a lot to be desired, I am using photos like these to try and re-teach myself about plant IDs. This evening, I was shocked that I had forgotten so many names. I knew the plants, but found it hard to remember the correct names. I've done so little botany for at least the last three years, which doesn't help. I'll be off my computer for quite a few hours while I back up all the photo files I have on my computer hard drive to two external hard drives that are larger than my present ones.
On 13 July 2018, I more or less repeated my drive from two days earlier, except that I also called in at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park to see if there was any sign of fungi growing. It is still not the peak of the fungi season, so I was not too hopeful. I barely entered the forest, as it still gives me the creeps, - Bears, Cougar and Moose are seen there, and I have been told so many times not to go by myself. So far, I have only seen a very large Moose. I did find a cluster of very tiny mushrooms and several clumps of orange Coral Fungus in their usual location. Took a few wildflower shots, too, which I don't do very often these days, unlike a few years ago.
In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
"A female Mountain Bluebird pays more attention to good nest sites than to attractive males. She chooses her mate solely on the basis of the location and quality of the nesting cavity he offers her—disregarding his attributes as a singer, a flier, or a looker.
A male Mountain Bluebird frequently feeds his mate while she is incubating and brooding. As the male approaches with food, the female may beg fledgling-style—with open beak, quivering wings, and begging calls. More often, she waits until her mate perches nearby, then silently flicks the wing farthest from him—a signal that usually sends him off to find her a snack.
The oldest recorded Mountain Bluebird was a female, and at least 9 years old when she was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Alberta in 2005. She had been banded in the same province in 1997." From AllAboutBirds.
Lydia is in the haus... with her beautiful smouldering pout and big blue eyes, what a total goddess! ✨
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I’ve been fawning over Volks Jo March since her promo a few years ago and Lorina before that…. and now I have her, she’s being rereleased! 😂
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Volks Jo March /Elfdoll body wearing B.I.A Queen of Hearts set
Music and Venue Promotion Poster
Avalon Ballroom
The Oxford Circle was an American garage rock and psychedelic rock band from Davis, California, near Sacramento, who were active from 1964-1967. They became a popular garage rock act with a proto-punk sound influenced by Them and other blues-based bands of the British Invasion, that, in addition to heavy guitar feedback, came to encompass psychedelia. The group began to make appearances in San Francisco, where they became a top draw in venues such as the Avalon Ballroom. They taped a show at the Avalon in 1966 and, after lying in the vaults for years, it was rereleased in 1997 on the Nuggets from California: Live at the Avalon 1966 anthology. In 1967, they released the single, "Foolish Woman" b/w "Mind Destruction", which is also included, along with several other studio outtakes, on the Nuggets from California compilation. In 1967, drummer Paul Whaley left to play in pioneering heavy rock act Blue Cheer. Lead vocalist and guitarist Gary Lee Yoder and bassist Dehner Patten left to form Kak, who recorded for Epic Records. Yoder subsequently went on to join Blue Cheer in one of their later configurations.
Big Brother and the Holding Company
American Rock Band
Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Jefferson Airplane. They are best known as the band that featured Janis Joplin as their lead singer. Their 1968 album Cheap Thrills is considered one of the masterpieces of the psychedelic sound of San Francisco; it reached number one on the Billboard charts, and was ranked number 338 in Rolling Stone's the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Lee Eugene Michaels (born Michael Olsen, November 24, 1945, Los Angeles, California) is an American rock musician who sings and accompanies himself on organ, piano, or guitar. He is best known for his energetic virtuosity on the Hammond organ, peaking in 1971 with his Top 10 pop hit single, "Do You Know What I Mean".
Career[edit]
Michaels began his career with The Sentinals, a San Luis Obispo, California-based surf group that included drummer Johny Barbata (later of The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship). Michaels joined Barbata in the Joel Scott Hill Trio, a group led by guitarist Joel Scott Hill. Michaels later moved to San Francisco, where he joined an early version of The Family Tree, a band led by Bob Segarini.[1] In 1967, he signed a contract with A&M Records, releasing his debut album, Carnival of Life, later that year with David Potter on Drums. As a session musician, he played with Jimi Hendrix, among others.
sunrise reflecting in my eye
"Just take a look through my eyes
Everything changes
You'll be amazed what you'll find
If you look through my eyes..."
Adapted from Herman Melville’s 1851 novel, the film was directed by John Huston with a screenplay by Huston and Ray Bradbury. It tells the tale of Captain Ahab’s self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick. Ishmael is the sole survivor of Ahab’s lost whaling ship, the Pequod.
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2HfcdkOYO4
Full movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Yc8KPH-X0
[Note: "Before the Shark there was the Whale" is a veiled reference to Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" which came out in 1975, and whose success prompted the re-release of "Moby Dick,"]
The Broad-billed Hummingbird is a beauty in a beautiful family. The male’s vivid red bill, emerald body, and glittering sapphire throat sets it apart from other U.S. hummingbirds. Most of this species’ range lies in Mexico, but it reaches the mountainous canyons of the southwestern U.S. during the breeding season. There it brightens shady, flower-filled ravines and residential gardens, and is a frequent visitor to hummingbird feeders. In courting the female, the male makes a precision flight display likened to a hypnotist’s swinging pocket watch. The oldest recorded Broad-billed Hummingbird was a male at least 9 years, 1 month old when it was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Arizona.
“If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.” - Nadine Stair
In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
"A female Mountain Bluebird pays more attention to good nest sites than to attractive males. She chooses her mate solely on the basis of the location and quality of the nesting cavity he offers her—disregarding his attributes as a singer, a flier, or a looker.
A male Mountain Bluebird frequently feeds his mate while she is incubating and brooding. As the male approaches with food, the female may beg fledgling-style—with open beak, quivering wings, and begging calls. More often, she waits until her mate perches nearby, then silently flicks the wing farthest from him—a signal that usually sends him off to find her a snack.
The oldest recorded Mountain Bluebird was a female, and at least 9 years old when she was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Alberta in 2005. She had been banded in the same province in 1997." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/
The 10 photos posted this morning are photos taken on 23 June 2019 in my "usual" area, on my way home from the annual Ghost Watershed Alliance botany walk and BBQ. After a birdless morning, I knew I would be able to find a few birds closer to home. I hadn't really expected to find a Bobolink, so this was an extra treat.
That day, 23 June, was a fun day, despite the fact that it was raining a good part of the time. It was the annual Ghost Watershed Alliance walk, which ends with a delicious fundraiser BBQ at noon. This botany walk, through the forest and along the top of the cliff by the Ghost River, is led by our main Naturalist, Gus Yaki, and hosted by Erik Butters. I can't remember how many of these events I have been to over the years, but certainly a few.
It was a very early start to that day, as I wanted to allow about two hours' travel time. There has been some flooding in certain areas and I wasn't sure if there might be a road or two blocked off. As it turned out, I reached the meeting place in plenty of time, so drove a bit further to see what I could find. Just an attractive, old wagon that I have seen before, and some adorable, new calves in one of the fields.
I like to drive myself out there, as I then have the choice to drive somewhere else when all is finished, if I have any energy left. Exactly what I did, enjoying myself photographing Mountain Bluebirds, a Wilson's Snipe, and the Bobolink which was unfortunately perched on a high wire. Better than nothing, though.
Melanerpes aurifrons
A stripe-backed woodpecker of Mexico and Central America, the Golden-fronted Woodpecker reaches the United States only in the brushlands and open woodlands of Texas and Oklahoma.
The Golden-fronted Woodpecker is composed of four subspecies that differ in size, amount of barring on the tail, and the color of the nape, nasal tufts, and belly. Whereas the nape of the form found in Texas and most of Mexico is yellow to orange, it is red on the Yucatan Peninsula and orange farther south. The four forms were formerly considered different species.
The Golden-fronted Woodpecker consumes about as much fruit and nuts as it does insects. In summer in Texas, the faces of some woodpeckers become stained purple from eating fruit of the prickly pear cactus.
The oldest recorded Golden-fronted Woodpecker was a male, and at least 5 years, 11 months old when he was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Texas.
Excerpt from www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Boreal_Owl/overview:
In the dark of the night, the small Boreal Owl comes alive in the spruce and fir forests of northern North America and Europe. This bright-eyed, square faced owl sits and waits on a perch for small mammals and birds before gliding down talons first to grab it. From late winter through spring, its quick, hollow hooting sounds across the dark forest as the male calls for a mate. They spend the year in boreal forests, occasionally making their way farther south in years of prey scarcity.
As with most other raptors, the female Boreal Owl is much larger than the male. In fact, they show the most extreme sexual dimorphism of any American owl, with the female sometimes 2 times heavier than the male.
The ear openings on a Boreal Owl's skull are asymmetrical, with one opening high up on the skull and the other much lower. The different positions of the ear openings help the owl find exactly where a sound comes from, helping gauge height as well as distance.
The oldest recorded Boreal Owl was a male, and at least 8 years old when it was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Idaho, the same state where it had been banded.
This sadly isn't a real doll. Just an Edit of what Vanessa could look like if she EVER got rereleased in the classic line. I know so many people want her ME INCLUDED