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Atlantic County, New Jersey
American Avocets are rare to uncommon migrants here in New Jersey, usually appearing in August or September. However, this small flock appeared at the Forsythe NWR in July. I tired several times to get a group shot, but they were usually way out in the water feeding or blocked from view by marsh grass. This was the one chance I had to photograph them but they were resting, eyes closed and bills tucked into their chests. There were also Short-billed Dowitchers feeding all around them. And so I waited and waited, sweating in the summer heat and being attacked by biting flies and mosquitos. All to get this one shot!
A Red-shank (Tringa totanus) was found resting on its one leg with a typical posture of the shank species in its natural habitat. I love the green Bokeh transformation in the backdrop and the blurring gradient of the depth of field which gives a glimpse of everything surrounding. The bird really stands out against such ambience. It was taking a short rest in between its foraging. Pics was taken from Purbasthali, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
European Wasp (Vespula germanica)
It had been flying around me when it decided to take a rest on an Ivy leaf.
This Four-spotted Pennant takes a breather on a twig.
Taken 22 August 2016 at the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center, Maryland
This is the first swallow I met this spring. Swallows are back and they are now building their nests with mud and hay. This one is taking a rest, from its work. Notice the beak (its tool for the constructions) covered with mud.
Memorial bench along the river trail.
The Browne Creek Wetlands are adjacent to the Vedder River and offer many kilometres of trails. Rivers and other waterways in this area are diked to prevent flooding, making the connected and almost endless dyke trails excellent for biking, walking, or horse back riding.
A big thank you to Bill Correll for giving me the coordinates to this place that rests deep within the Beezley Hills of Grant County, Washington. This place is impossible to see from any roads. I thought it was a very neat old house, settled in a very precarious place. What surprised me even more was that it had a nice foundation which would have been a real buggar to get concrete down there to mix. Most places this old are just built right on the dirt. I'm glad I made it out there, even in the snow. It was quite the walk, 2 miles in and 2 miles back out!
Why birds stand on one leg , I am still trying to work that one out - yes one leg gets a rest , but then the other one gets double the work and has to work harder keeping balance !!
I am also not sure what they are doing with their feather sticking out every which way .
If they do overbalance the landing will be soft - but wet !!
Male leopard (Panthera pardus) known locally as the Flat Rock Male, resting in the grass after consuming a very large helping of impala.
MalaMala Game Reserve, South Africa
Conservation status: Vulnerable
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A Pika rests in the warm morning sun high up above the tree line. Making its home in the jumble of rocks and boulders in the alpine region of the rocky mountains, safety is always a quick dash away under some crevice and away from danger.
Mount Evans, Colorado.
Take off your shoes, sit on the sand for a while, take a deep breath and smile. There is still a long way to go...
The old pirate in the big bed...
Dushara Tatters and Rags (Somali cat), 08.01.2025
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
Another shot from my walk on the Cahore Point Trail. Lovely golden beach and a stairs leading up to the trail. A couple wisely taking a rest and enjoying the waves before tackling the climb.
The Carolina wren stops to pose, having just delivered some old pine needles to the new nest (see previous photo). Backyard bird..
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I'm going to be off for awhile, I'm taking a break and heading to the rugged coast of Maine, my "home away from home". I'll catch up with everyone when I return.
Most often my method is a simple attention to God combined with a general sense of hunger for God. I find myself often attached to God with the great sweetness and delight of an infant at the mother's breast. I hesitate to use the expression, but the inexpressible sweetness which I taste and experience there is as if I were at the bosom of God at all times. Sometimes my thoughts wander away from God by necessity or infirmity. But soon an inner desire brings me back to God. This inward yearning is so delightful and delicious that I am ashamed to describe it.
-The Practice of the Presence of God In Modern English, Brother Lawrence Translated into Modern English by Marshall Davis