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A Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) resting after some strenuous dancing ritual on a lek, during the breeding season, on the prairie landscape near Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
22 May, 2013.
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Common Buzzard [Buizerd]
Location: Goeree, the Netherlands
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Backyard bird, Yakima County, Washington. This Sharp-shinned Hawk has been a frequent customer to my snack bar. Occasionally he/she captures a snack. IMG_3730
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I enjoyed watching and photographing this bird yesterday morning. As I have done several times with what I believe is the same bird since back in early November I walked to within 50 feet and spent about half hour near this bird. He/she even left for about 5 minutes to chase after a sparrow and returned to the same brush pile. Birds were hiding in the brush pile. For those who don't know this hawk eats other birds to survive. Even after he/she left, and while I was spending time photographing a hummingbird, juncos, goldfinches, and a woodpecker this bird reappeared at least 3 times. They move so fast this there can be hard to see so he/she may have passed by more than that. This all happened over a period of about 2 hours. After that, because I was not properly dressed for the cold weather I went indoors to thaw out. IMG_8841
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Shedding wood. A close shave. Lead in the pencil. Making a point. (Ok, I'll stop with the puns.)
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Canon EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. Single shot, raw file into Affinity Photo for development, EL-100 Speedlite off camera to rear of subject, 10:8 crop.
From the Richard Harvey Studio One.
Clean shirt, new shoes, And I don't know where I am goin' to
Silk suit, black tie, I don't need a reason why
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man .... ♫ ZZ TOP
Photographed in my back yard. I was ready for him. I expected him because I have seen him several times recently and Saturday he landed on my birdbath. He arrived a little latter Sunday morning but may have been confused about the time because we went from daylight saving time to pacific standard time. I say this as if the bird knows the time. Maybe he slept in because it was snowing most of the night and early morning. He tried for a quail, junco, and sparrow breakfast but as far as I know he failed. I enjoyed watching him for about 15 minutes while he sat from 15-30 feet from me between trying to catch a sparrow that was in a shrub next to him. He flew around the shrub and even jumped at it 4 or 5 times which was fun to watch. IMG_6321
Clean lens, pair bins
Quick drive up Beaver Lake Road at day’s end
iphone, ebird
What’s that on a post by the cattle herd?
Take a deep breath and get a quick focus lock
'Cause every birder crazy 'bout a sharp shinned hawk
Baseline....
In anticipation of the cool front that was predicted for yesterday morning I made a trip out to Smith Point, a little peninsula that sticks out between Galveston Bay and Trinity Bay where the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory conducts three and a half months of raptor surveys each fall to monitor the migration of raptors as they travel south for the winter. At the peak of the migration it can be an unbelievable spectacle with tens of thousands of hawks in the sky above the “hawk tower.” It can be a little difficult to predict exactly when the big days will happen but if you are fortunate enough to hit the raptor jackpot, it will likely be something you will never forget.
Yesterday I didn’t hit the jackpot, but I was rewarded with some nice views of several raptor species. This young Sharp-shinned Hawk was one of several birds that made me glad I made the trip out. Even when the skies aren’t loaded with birds it is always fun to catch up with friends; the tower can definitely serve as a fun gathering place to geek out about birds.
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Accipiter striatus
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Colour re-edit of a shot from June 2017. Enjoy!
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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Several of the ponds at the WTP have lowered water levels at present.
This has given the waders some rich mudflats, that would normally be covered with water, to feed over.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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You fly 10,000 km to argue about a spot in a spacious pond.
Taken through window. He struck at a flock of doves at the bird feeder resulting in a mini snow storm of pin-feathers. I was looking at the doves when he struck but only saw the feathers falling and then wings. When the wings came back and flew into my tree, I got this photo through the bedroom window, Then I immediately went outside - but he was gone.
Sharp Shinned Hawk. A marvelous visitor who managed to grab a Chickadee. I was to eager with the shutter button as he heard it and left. Now I ask myself if I had waited a few moments, could I have taken some better images????
Sharp pocket computers, PC1350 and PC1360. These were the only two PC13XX models released by Sharp in 1984 and 1987. Both had 4 lines of 24 characters and were very capable in their day for BASIC programming, graphing, etc.
The key differences between the two were increased memory, an additional RAM port, as well as improved BASIC and faster CPU in the PC1360.
A portrait of a tricolor heron hunting, its sharp, dagger-like beak poised and ready to strike swiftly along the water's edge at a lake in Central Florida.
Debated between Cooper's hawk and Sharp-shinned hawk. Had settled on Cooper's hawk but was happy to be corrected as it is a lifer for me. It was perched on a branch overlooking a large bird feeder and was not at all bothered by my presence.
Photographed out my back window while perched in an apricot tree about 20 feet from me. Photographed through window glass so not the best quality. IMG_0079
I recently embarked on my first adventure to Antarctica with the Muench Workshops Team as an instructor. It was quite an amazing experience for sure. As we crossed the Drake Passage into the South Shetland Islands, this incredible scene opened up before us on the starboard side of the boat. It was one of the most impressive mountainscapes I've laid eyes on in my lifetime. The creeping shadows and diffused light created by drifting clouds was the icing on the cake for me.
I personally highly recommend a trip to Antarctica for any serious landscape / nature photographer, you will truly be mesmerized by the fantastic wildlife and landscapes there - it is quite abundant and unlike anything else in the world.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful Holiday season and that all of your wishes are fulfilled. I know mine were!
We found this guy in some grass near the side of a gravel road in Northern Montana. So close that it was a challenge to get the whole bird in the frame with the 500mm mounted on the crop sensor camera body. I figured that the photo op would be fleeting, so I didn't want to take the time to change gear. I was right...after about six shots he disappeared.