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Work with a difference today in Swithland wood using slate from the nearby quarry in the crook of an old Oak tree.
This one was a surprise in post - I really like it! It's Emily - the daughter of Hazel. She is already growing some tufts. (Squirrels-2021-5428.jpg)
I went out birding at Rifle Falls State Park, Colorado. While walking the boardwalk a Long-tailed Weasel popped out from under the boardwalk! Not a bird but a pleasant surprise. This one is turning from winter ermine to summer brown and yellow.
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I was surprised to see a small branch with tiny lilac flowers in bloom again. I used my tablecloth as a backdrop for a few photos. So now there is a bit of spring and fall mixed together. No matter what season the flowers smell lovely.
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"Sepia: It is a brown gray color originally made from the ink sac of a cuttlefish. Sepia is the Latinized form of 'cuttlefish'."
Striped Owl ~ Blair Drummond Safari Park ~ Sterling ~ Scotland ~ Saturday September 26th 2015.
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Adult male Eastern Wild Turkey visiting/foraging my rear yard.
Step, my Vizsla, was announcing 'full alert' as he paced and watched through my family room door wall.
Actually, a very wary pair visited. One was always obstructed by brush and tree trunks, so no photo. This handsome fellow strolled around ignoring Step's commotion, mounted the fence, then wandered off. Only happened once before (years ago). Considered a rare occurrence in my suburban neighborhood...
"Surprise, surprise", giggled witch Gracia.
"No one guessed who or what was under that witch's hat (see first comment box)….
but that that was just me ;-))…
I turned myself into a dragon. Just like Marjan, I love dragons; they are very old and wise.
I still need to practise though to become more flexible, so that I can really flap my wings and fly around during Halloween. Just a few more days to go.
Maybe you'll see me during a practice flight, you never know.
It will be a dry day here with sunshine, so I'm going to get started.
Have a lovely day full of fun activities, everyone", she said with a big smile.
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Paper: 40x40cm blue Kraftpaper
Final size Dragon: from wing to wing 24cm, height 16cm
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Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)
First time I have ever seen a Yellow-billed Spoonbill on 'our' section of Skeleton Creek. I didn't see it arrive as I was concentrating on the Dotterel and it didn't stay long. After 'grazing' through the water a couple of times it left.
I found this little fellow in the garden which was quite a surprise as I haven't had any lizards in the garden for years. It was morning and he was warming up in the sunshine. After having watched him for a while I went in the house to get the camera. I managed a few photos before he apparently was wam enough and disappeared. Let's hope that my new friend will beware of the cats, especially of Sethi ...
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Photographing this pair of Sandhill Cranes, it was a surprise to see the baby which I only noticed once I got home and looked at the image. There were three babies I think hiding in the grasses. Isn't the Spring season great when you can capture all the new life?
This sunset was an amazing surprise...the weather had been grey and gloomy most of the day as Hurricane Dorian's storms moved toward Martha's Vineyard. We decided that we should at least enjoy the beach for one more evening before the rains came. After the sun slipped behind the dunes and everyone left the beach, a sliver of pink began to glow on the horizon....within moments, my husband and I found ourselves in a wildly pink world. The kind of sunset you wait a long time for. I couldn't really do it justice, but I will long remember it
I was watching this fox from a field some 2 meters below for a while, sniffing off the field and probably eating snails every now and then. Decided to climb the short steep slope to be level after a while, which was well worth it. Sniffing towards me he looked up quite surprised until a car drove by right below the slope. Me as surprise and the loud car was too much, but I managed to take this picture before he ran off. First time I saw a fox that close :)
A Snowy Egret surprises a Roseate Spoonbill as he wanders down the culvert. I don't think I've seen a Roseate react that fast to something that wasn't food!
Surprised by a Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) actively hunting. In Tonto National Forest, Arizona, US.
What a total shock to see this Bobcat make an evening appearance. The Tucson area is very wild and you never know what you might see at a given time.
A female Cowbird made an appearance today on the lawn and took me by surprise, as they're not normally found in the city. She didn't seem to mind me photographing her and went about her business picking around the various seeds dropped from the feeders.
After 100's of trips up on the Grand Mesa and never seeing a moose I finally saw a beautiful big bull! There are suppose to be over 400 of them up there but they are hard to find.
Scilla Siberica and a busy bee. The pollen is blue! One of the many delightful surprises I enjoyed at Rural Rootz Nature Reserve.
Beautiful Surprise - I made a trip out to the coast to look for weasels. No weasels, but I spent 2 hours with this beautiful, cooperative adult Red-shouldered Hawk who was hunting insects. Never had such clean, good looks of an adult of this species. This particular individual had particularly beautiful plumage, so I was especially grateful.
It was a challenge photographing this guy since unlike larger raptors that I am accustomed to photographing in flight, he gave no trigger movements before taking off and would just drop off and land a few feet away - too close to focus. I actually had to move back and position myself to the side of the path to give myself more time to anticipate. While I have a very sore shoulder after this shot, this hawk's predictable behavior and comfort level with me allowed for this shot.
This is the first image I thought I'd share, many more to come!
Species: Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R5 + EF 100-400mm IS II + EF 1.4x III Extender
Settings: 1/1600s, ISO: 1250, f/8 @560mm, Handheld, Electronic Shutter
Unexpected Surprise - While looking for Bobcats this evening, I had this young female kingfisher pose on a beautiful thin branch, in nice light, and with a clear background.
In 15 years of wildlife photography I never had such an opportunity to photograph this species locally. Was a great surprise!
Species: Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Location: Santa Clara County, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R7 + EF 100-400mm IS II + EF 1.4x III Extender
Settings: 1/400s, ISO: 320, f/8 @896mm, Handheld, Electronic Shutter
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I saw a bird approaching with a broad wingspan. Thought it might be an eagle, but the crows weren't attacking as it approached. As it got closer, I found that it was a turkey vulture. First I've seen one at Koll this low!
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At Surprise View you can look out over the whole of the Derwentwater, Keswick, and beyond to Bassenthwaite Lake.
I was surprised to find a Kingfisher along the path at Bolsa Chica and she was surprised to see/hear me (or rather, my camera). I stayed but she left!
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Vacationing in Washington State, we stayed at Captain Whidbey's Inn on Whidbey Island one of those days. This was a morning surprise.
Lycoris squamigera, the resurrection lily or surprise lily, is a plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It is also sometimes referred to as naked ladies (a name used for several other plants). It is native to southeast China and Korea.
Lycoris squamigera is an herbaceous plant with abundant and long (up to 12" long and 1" wide) leaves ("clothes") that appear in spring. The leaves are no longer present when the flowers emerge much later, without their "clothes", from the bare ground, hence the name "Naked Ladies". The leaves sprout from the bulbs and grow in the spring, then die back during June, leaving no signs of life. The flowers spring dramatically from the bare ground in mid to late summer, and it usually takes only four to five days from first emergence to full bloom.This suddenness is reflected in its common names: surprise lily, magic lily, and resurrection lily. The flowers are white or pink and fragrant.
An enthusiast snapper is about to get a nice surprise in the form of a Rail-Head Treatment Train, which has snook up on Leicester's Platform 1.
He needs to hurry though - it won't be hanging around and, with the crew change swiftly completed, will soon be heading back in the Kettering direction on its 12 hour roundabout journey from the East Midlands to London.
The service is the previous day's 11.42pm Toton TMD - West Hampstead Thameslink (3J91), with DB Cargo 'Sheds' 66060 and 66161 topping and tailing the watery-jet consist.
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9.28am, 13th November 2024
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It was a Baltimore Oriole kind of day and then to our surprise this little guy was attacking the grape jelly. What a great surprise. The first male Ruby-throated hummingbird that I have ever photographed. I normally get females later in the season after the males have already departed. Great to see them again...