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A handsome resident and very wary male Wood Duck weaving its way through the reeds in Hubbard Pond.
JJ Audubon comments:
www.audubon.org/birds-of-america/summer-or-wood-duck
As mentioned in an earlier posting, Hubbard Pond and its surroundings are under consideration as the site for a heavy industrial type facility by the Regents of the University of Michigan. If the project goes forward, another piece of the critical natural habitat necessary to sustain these and other vulnerable creatures will be lost forever.
UPDATE: In a 12 March 2016 letter, the President of the University of Michigan indicates the proposed heavy industrial project for this site has been "paused". Plus, all applications for various construction permits are suspended and no construction contracts have been awarded.
While this turn of events appears positive, all it takes is will and a whim to re-activate the project. Until the final determination is STOP, the possibility of this easily preventable man-made disaster remains. Now is the time to stand-up. Mother Nature needs your voice.
To learn more, see:
glacierhighlands.org/wp/?p=335
UPDATE: 18 March 2016 - UM President apologizes...
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2016/03/u-m_presid...
You do not need to be a resident of the affected neighborhood to sign the petition to STOP this project. Your help will be greatly appreciated. See...
www.change.org/p/boycott-university-of-michigan-s-bus-yar...
Stay thirsty, my friend...
My attempt at the "Crazy Tuesday" theme "TOY TRANSPORT"
Shot with a Steinheil Optronic "57 mm F 2.8" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
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Minimal Rock Garden View - A small portion of a large curved rock garden..
RACHC -Ft Sill, OK
Copyright Susan Ogden
Occasionally i get to practice the art of smooth water. I only own one ND filter and it only fits one lens...so sometime i experiment with an open shutter speed and fudging the the F-stop if the day is gray, or dismal or foggy! This was one of those days last winter that was not too abysmally cold and i actually set foot out of the house!!
I am heading out for a walk before the rains come...maybe we will get enough rain to actually have some moving water here...it has been so dry that the trees are stressing and we still have to water the mums. the pond is so low that i think it is maybe ankle deep right now and i wonder if the fish are still in there!
Hope you all have a speedy and mellow Tuesday! Heading out before the storms!
This guys feathers were either molting or melting from the intense Florida heat.
Shot in the wild
Somewhere in Florida
Lifer
In mid May I attended a workshop at Valle Verzasca in Switzerland. A weekend for photographing rocks and water.
Expect not much else for the next few days.
We saw many groups of Smooth-billed Ani’s during our trip to the Pantanal. This ended up being a species that we probably didn’t pay as much attention to as I would have liked because there were plenty of them around. I thought these two looked pretty neat on their perch, that beak is pretty crazy looking.
Crotophaga ani
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We will be doing this trip again next year, if you think you might be interested more information is available here: www.texastargetbirds.com/group-photo-trips/2018-brazil-s-...