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Khumbu the Snow Leopard photographed at Big Cat Sanctuary, Kent. He is scheduled to live at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire where I understand there may be a lady friend awaiting his arrival.
Working itās way up the tree hoping to catch one of the butterflies that visit the upper flowers on the jatropha tree.
four-spotted chaser or four-spotted skimmer
Vierfleck
[Libellula quadrimaculata]
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I've tried this scene a few times before; most folk shoot the castle from the nearest point, that headland over on the right, but I much prefer this view. It needs a very full tide though, and some drama in the sky. I suffered for my art this morning, over an hour in torrential rain before a break in the cloud gave that bit of hope in the sky and brightened up the river. Was hoping for a little shaft of sunlight to hit the castle but wasn't to be. Oh well, it will still be there next week.
RKO_8457. Image 103 of my Kenya trip.
Just imagine standing there and waiting for these slowly but determined approaching giantsā¦..
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The original castle was a small fort, built around 1320 by Clan MacDougall who were then Lords of Lorn.[4] Around 1388 the Stewarts took over the Lordship of Lorn, and it is believed that they built the castle in its present form around the 1440s. The Stewarts' relative King James IV of Scotland visited the castle, and a drunken bet around 1620 resulted in the castle passing to Clan Campbell. After the castle changed hands between these clans a couple of times, the Campbells finally abandoned it about 1840 when it lost its roof. In 1908 the castle was bought by Charles Stewart of Achara, who carried out basic conservation work. In 1965 Lt. Col. D. R. Stewart Allward acquired the castle and over about ten years fully restored it. Castle Stalker remains in private ownership and is open to the public at selected times during the summer.[5]
Castle Stalker is a picturesque castle built on a tidal islet in Loch Laich, an inlet of Loch Linnhe in Argyll, the Scottish Highlands. It can only be reached by boat but its' scenic setting makes for a very romantic location.
Used in Monty Python's "In search of the Holy Grail"
the picturesque depression castle in the Loch Laich, served about 1320 the clan MacDougall as a Towerhouse and Today is in the private possession.
die malerische Niederungsburg im Loch Laich, diente um 1320 dem Clan MacDougall als Towerhouse und ist Heute im privaten Besitz.
Revisiting Kungsbro.
Early January morning with -19Ā°C degrees at yet another favorite location. HDR - 3 exposures
With every placement of her tall slender legs, this Female Great Blue Heron stalks the shallow water for her next meal.
Blue?? Well, this immature Little Blue Heron is in the process of molting away the white feathers of youth and replacing them with the blue-gray plumage of an adult bird.
See the photos in the comments for other views of this beautiful bird.
There is also a photo of one still all in white below (in-flight)
Photographed at Lake Hillmoor
A Great Blue Heron stalks a fish at a local pond...
"Adapt the pace of nature, her secret is patience"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We sure could learn a lesson in patience from these elegant and very patient birds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OTu40qd5rs
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There are two bears at the ZooAmerica and hundreds of black vultures that have made the zoo their home. They keep stalking, pecking and biting them most of the time.
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Remnants of corn stalks doted the field.. a welcome winter feed for the birds...
Sunderland countryside, MA
Texture added by Anton Osolev www.flickr.com/photos/13796443@N05/5430932307/in/pool-tex...
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Autumn is upon us but still there was a faint peppery smell in the air around this pretty, rather small-flowering Geranium. Sometimes it's called 'Black-pepper-scented Pelargonium'. Its leaves and flowers grow on relatively long stems; hence the more common name.
A synonym is Pelargonium cradockense; that's for the hills around Cradock in South Africa where it was first collected at about 1000 m altitude.
Castle Stalker (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal an Stalcaire) is a four-story tower house or keep picturesquely set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe. It is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Port Appin, Argyll, Scotland, and is visible from the A828 road about midway between Oban and Glen Coe. The islet is accessible (with difficulty) from the shore at low tide. The name "Stalker" comes from the Gaelic Stalcaire, meaning "hunter" or "falconer".
In recent times, the castle was brought to fame by the Monty Python team, appearing in their film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
....or photographer. Same thing. ;-)
But I'm not actually a stalker.
"I'm not.
I'm an artist.
Artists are always misunderstood.(Thwonk)ā
ā Joan Bauer
;-)
I was aiming at a mirror across the stairwell.
So now I'm understood.
Happy stalking/clicking.