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Had a wonderful time on my 1st outing of the year to Garret Mtn (N NJ's premier spring migrant trap). Finally got my life Red-headed Woodpecker, exactly where advertised, and my 1st warbler of the spring. And I got to meet Chris (hi, Chris!). But this was definitely the sighting of the day. It was right by the side of the road, about waist high. It was spotted by a sharp-eyed passerby. I was walking with Chris when the passerby came up to us because he saw Chris's camera. He didn't know the word for "bat" in English. "An animal I've only seen in a zoo, it faces downwards on the tree." "Is it a bird?" "Yes." "Oh -- it's probably a White-breasted Nuthatch." But we followed him to it. It was fast asleep &/or very tame; even when we accidentally disturbed its branch, it barely stirred. (NB: Bats can have rabies, so never try to touch one.)
This species migrates, so it may very well have been doing at Garret exactly what all those birds are doing -- following the forested Watchung Ridge at night until they get to the end of it overlooking the desolate concrete plain of Paterson, & deciding "this looks like a good place to spend the day."
Here I accidentally disturbed its branch, & it temporarily untucked a bit. So now you can see both legs, and the folded wings that were hidden beneath them. This shot shows it tucked up, with that right leg folded across the body.
I almost missed these shots. I was in such a hurry to get out of the house in the AM that I forgot my backpack, which had my good binocs & (I thought) my camera. But fortunately I had my little Eagle Optics compact binocs in the glove compartment, so it wasn't a wasted trip. And when I got back to the car, I discovered that I had thrown the camera in the car the previous day in the hopes of doing some moth photography that night.
Ektar loves its reds. A box of peppers on display at a local farmers market.
Mamiya 645 Pro TL
Mamiya 80mm F2.8
Kodak Ektar 100
Tetenal Colortec 5L kit
Epson v500
It was nice to catch a Red-tailed Hawk on a branch rather than on a lamp post but it was time to flee away from me, not over. So it was nice to catch it as it turned around.
The scales of the red spotted purple are able to interfere with white light and produce color. The blues and reds are generated from this process of wave interference called TFI short for thin film interference.
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Explored - Highest position: 434 on Monday, March 4, 2013
Leader of the red squadron
Red is my favorite color. I love the visual *pow* of the color. Plus, I think it looks great on everyone.
Do you see a little Star Wars in today’s outfit? Not only am I wearing my Storm Trooper pin and comic-style Star Wars Vans, but my red dress is an homage to Red Leader (Episode IV).
Dress, thrifted. Jacket, Jessica Simpson (thrifted). Shoes, Vans. Earrings, Nine West. Sunglasses, grinderPUNCH.
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Red Tailed Buzzard (native to California and known as a Red Tailed Hawk in the US,) perched on its handlers glove at Chester Falconry Experience.
If you haven't been yet then I can highly recommend it. The displays (weather permitting) are incredible and fantastic for families, especially the Peregrine Falcon. I couldn't get over the speed of them. So fast that I gave up trying to capture it in flight and just marvelled at the grace and speed.
A female redbelly. The male has a wider tongue tip and longer bill than the female, allowing him to reach deeper into crevices to find prey. Studies have shown the male forages on the tree trunk, while the female forages mostly on limbs.
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