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It can take quite a long time for a Great Blue Heron to have some. This guy was one of the lucky ones.
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Hawk owl returning to its perch[hydro line LOL] after a successful dive in snow
The vole is covered by its wing didn't get a good angle that shows it other that back side of owl this was sharpest image of the burst
This osprey, and I, were successful that day. I'd been hoping to catch an osprey with fish - missed the actual strike, as it headed down to the other end of the lake, and was behind trees. But it came off the lake more towards me, allowing a few of those treasured flight shots!
Green Grass Dart (Ocybadistes walkeri)
After missing out on getting a shot of the Skipper yesterday I managed to get one today. It was still very flighty and the only one around.
Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)
While I was at Sneydes Rd. on Friday the male Kestrel was working the 'front' paddock when his female companion arrived over the 'back' paddock. He caught a Skink, which you will see clutched between his talons if you look closely.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning
and goes to bed at night and in between
does what he wants to do
Finally! During the entire time spent at the Lotus Pond, spending what seemed like ages, slowly circling the entire pond, looking everywhere for those sneaky little frogs who have mastered the skill of hiding in plain sight - I spotted this fellow sitting right out in the open! In the sunlight! And on a pristine lily pad!
So, having finally spotted one, I was able to zoom in and get a decent shot. My waning patience finally paid off.
Finally hit the Jack Pot at the Lotus Pond at Dauset Trails Nature Center!
L'espoir est le plus grand véhicule du succès, tandis que le découragement le rend impossible...
The hope is the biggest vehicle of the success, whereas the discouragement makes him(it) impossible...
This guy strutted his stuff after successfully grabbing a fish. I typically see the snowy egrets get minnows so this was a pretty big catch.
From earlier this year. One of the 3 recently fledged juvenile Common Kingfishers with a tasty (albeit tiny) fish. You have to start somewhere.
You can tell this female is a juvenile by the dark feet and the remains of the white aiming spot on the end of the bill.
A Willet captured here individually but was gathered in a loose flock, probing the sand of a wave-washed beach for marine invertebrates, hunting for its favorites. Here successfully.
Again I had this pleasure to observe a pair of Sooty Oystercatchers foraging for food during a very low tide today. They were not particularly concerned with my presence so I walked as close as I considered acceptable for them. This bird presented the catch and walked with it for several meters to find a good place to consume it. This made me feel like a catwalk photographer (minus a cat ;-).
(Haematopus fuliginosus)
This is the successful hatching of a new little baby masked lapwing! I was amazed to see this. My previous shot www.flickr.com/photos/143119536@N04/51351333453/in/datepo... of this nest taken a few weeks back showed the flooded lake almost lapping at the eggs themselves, and I worried about whether or not they would be okay. Pleased to report a couple of chicks hatched and survived.
Mama Red Necked Grebe shows me her eggs for the first time. I believe there are three. I went to check the nest this morning after a lot of rain and very strong winds yesterday. Thankfully the nest is about two inches / five centimetres above the waterline and there is no rain in the forecast.
After trying for several days to get a shot of a hummingbird from our basement window checking out the Crocosmia, this afternoon one finally cooperated!
I really wanted one from this view because it's one of the few times I can get a natural shot and not a feeder shot. It doesn't hurt that from this POV you can also see the purple Rose of Sharon blooms and the Gardenia bush, which is still blooming.
You might have to look hard to see the hummingbird but she's there. I pinkie swear!
A Common Tern fishing at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, California.
A graceful, black-and-white waterbird, the Common Tern is the most widespread tern in North America. It can be seen plunging from the air into water to catch small fish along rivers, lakes, and oceans.
This Puma managed to catch a Patagonia Fox - - a very unusual catch - - our guide had worked in this area for over 15 years and has never witnessed this.
Puma / Cougar / Mountain Lion - Patagonia, Chile
Always great to witness them in action Upon download, found out he lost this fish in a rush. unfortunately fish in mid air shot came out blurry :(
Osprey with catch near Ten Mile river mouth. A Large fish-eating hawk with a wingspan up to 6 Ft. This magnificent raptors broad wings enable it to glide on rising thermals near coastal bluffs. It hoovers on beating wings beflore plunging feet first for fish. This Osprey has re-positioned its catch for better in flight aerodynamics.
Holocaust memorial on Liberty Square, Thessaloniki. Liberty Square in 1943 was the place where many of Thessaloniki's 50 000 Jewish citizens were forced to assemble in order to be deported to Auschwitz. Almost all were murdered. Thessaloniki had the largest Jewish community in Greece and was the oldest one in Europe. When St Paul visited Thessaloniki around 50 AD, he preached in one of Salonica's three synagogues (probably in Ets Ahayim - Tree of Life. As we know, he had considerably more success with the "gentiles"). The monument is regularly vandalised. Leica M8, Voigtlaender 35/1.4.
11th July 2016 - Carlo Ferrari's Beech G18S 'N45CF. The classic Beech 18 dates from 1937, when the prototype first flew, and achieved great success both as a civil transport and in military roles including light transport and training. Named as the Expediter, it was used extensively by both the RAF and Fleet Air Arm. Not until 1970, remarkably, did the production run end. The G18S variant attending the Air Tattoo is owned by Carlo Ferrari from Switzerland, and appears in a very highly-polished natural metal finish.
“If the day and the night
are such that you greet
them with joy, and life emits
a fragrance like flowers
and sweet-scented herbs, is
more elastic, more starry,
more immortal - that is
your success.”
-HENRY DAVID THOREAU
There are days when I wake up, have my coffee on the back deck or front porch, smell my garden and listen to the birds where I feel like "success". This image is from my garden using "in camera" multiple exposures.
A grizzly bear emerges from total submersion underwater with a freshly caught salmon in its claws/jaws. For a successful hibernation the bears need to ~double their weight and an adult will eat 40 kg or more of salmon a day during the fall salmon run. Chilko River, Cariboo Chilcotin, British Columbia (best at full size).
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