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Figs based on the Arkham games
From L - R:
Arkham Asylum Scarecrow
Arkham City Penguin
Arkham Knight Riddler
That charming bathing Yellow Hammer. I think this is my fave shot of him. I mean, look at that face and how he is paddling! Straight from camera. Not edited at all.
Taken this morning, after a heavy downpour.
Yes... I got wet again!
Hand held, and straight from the camera.
Medium sized lark with a prominent crest. Separated from the more range-restricted Thekla's Lark by longer bill with straight lower mandible and usually longer and spikier crest. Lots of variation in plumage color, which matches local soil types, but usually grayer and darker than Eurasian Skylark. Short tail and rust-tinged underwings obvious in flight. Found in dry areas with scarce vegetation, especially agricultural land and at roadsides. Song is an often magnificently long and highly impressive series of varied jumbled twitters, trills, warbles, and slurred notes. Often gives a plaintive “ch’wee.” (eBird)
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When we saw this bird it had recently been split from Crested Lark to become the Maghreb Lark. Three years later it has been re-lumped with the Crested Lark. These scientific studies certainly play havoc with one's Life List and photo files.
Barrage el-Mansour Eddhab, Morocco. March 2019.
Barcelona Birding Point.
By Ai Weiwei; he utilized rebar taken from schoolhouse rubble after the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, and straightened it out. Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Coming from an area (NW Ohio) that is *really* flat, Iowa features a lot of gently rolling farm country and some real hills in places, especially along the Mississippi River. In this view Iowa Interstate's Rock Island heritage unit IAIS 513 leading BICR-30 is soaring above N Division Street in Davenport Iowa as it really starts to attack the climb up the hill you can see in the background. While the road runs straight up it, the railroad twists and turns its way northwest until it mounts the hills along the big muddy and strikes off across the gently rolling countryside to Iowa City, Des Moines and Omaha. 8/31/2024
Tontogany, OH that is and Q509-10 being the train coming straight out of it. The CPL cantilever that used to stand here is gone replaced by the signals just behind the power. 3/10/18
We were sitting in one of the hides at Rye Harbour when a lady popped her head around the door and asked if we minded dogs. Baxter seemed to be quite a keen bird watcher as he jumped straight up to look out of one of the windows.
The burrowing owl in flight shot was a shot that had eluded me for a long time. I made several attempts this winter to get it, and after coming up with only perched multiple times I finally got the flight shot I desired. The bird was on the ground for half an hour or so before taking off to a perch directly my direction. Out of all the shots I got in the sequence this was the only sharp and in focus one. I was extremely excited to finally get a shot of one in flight. I would have preferred a cleaner file, with less wing blur, but the lighting was low and bird far away so I was unable to perfectly freeze the wings. Looking forward to getting a cleaner shot next year.
The NS Conrail Heritage unit is leading NS 29P out of Toledo after coming into town lite power and picking up cars for Chicago at the Mega Yard. Toledo, OH 3/4/2024
15T rolls south through the Shenandoah Valley, crossing the massive trestle at Compton. SD70ACC #1837 is on the point with an AC44C6M serving as the rear DPU.