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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
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Today is a black and white day at Color my World Daily and we celebrate Sliders Sunday. Since we went apple picking yesterday, I decided to go with a flying apple. Strangely enough we never had a flying apple on this photostream. And I’m not talking about levitating apples ! I’m talking about an actual apple with wings and flying… I’m truly surprised but then again my gin and tonic soaked memory is … well…soaked in gin and tonic. So without any further delay: flying apple. Be carful, not to get hit by this flying apple !!
When an apple hits you in the head you might feel a little bit disoriented or lost for a while, some hurtful childhood memories may resurface. I'm talking from personal experience...once my son hit me with an apple by accident since his abilities to throw something at a moving target with success are as good as mine… It felt like I almost got a concussion !!
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Pied kingfisher with catch, Shingwedzi River crossing, Bateleur, Kruger National Park, South Africa
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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.
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!
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.
A Heron taken last year on the Isle of Mull.
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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.
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.
In the late 80s, all NZs 'named trains' were being refurbished and rebranded based on the success of the Tranz Alpine.
Obviously not all the carriages could be done at once, so for a while the Southerner, which was pretty low on the priority list, ran around with a mix of cars from all over the place.
In this example there is a car-van (possibly from the Picton train), an original Southerner car and a refurbished example (but with small windows rather than the panoramic glass installed on most other cars - perhaps this was one of the a backpackers cars?).
The traditional 56-foot guards van has been replaced with a red FM van for luggage at the back. The FMs were fairly new guard's vans used on freight trains until the move to two-man train crews ended that a year or so before.
1988? DF 6064 DJ 3107 + 3286 Ravensbourne, Dunedin, SIMT-NZ. An old negative. Other than the changed rolling stock, this view from the old overbridge is possible today - the foreground sidings have gone, replaced by a walk/cycleway, and the boats for the fertilizer works still come and go!
~ aziza "likey?"
For Judy.. Just because:)
After reading all the good things you guys wrote about my work over the month of march I am truly touched.. thank you so much my beautiful friends.. I wouldn't have done anything without your constant support and inspiration:)
HGGT to you all
Explore# 327
“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.
Male, Ranomafana, Madagascar.
Not the most attractive setting for this stunning butterfly - I assume he is taking salts, which are important for their reproductive success.
Strassoldo è una frazione del comune di Cervignano del Friuli, provincia di Udine. Costituisce un suggestivo esempio di antico borgo medievale, estremamente ben conservato e di raro fascino
...a nord dell'attuale Edificio sorgeva in mezzo ad un fitto Bosco un piccolo Mulino ad acqua alimentato dalla Roggia Cistigna ed adibito principalmente alla Pilatura dell'Orzo .
Esso veniva appellato come " Mulino Gandini " e successivamente il popolino lo chiamo' più semplicemente " Mulino del Bosco " o " Mulino Bruciato " !
Quando la Struttura termino' di operare intorno alla meta' dell'Ottocento , il nome di Mulino del Bosco passo' al presente Manufatto in attività e che era quello del Castello di Strassoldo ( o Mulino del Torat ) .
Tutt'ora il Mulino e' privato
Actually it's success x 2: the Red Wattlebird got its flying insect and I got the Red Wattlebird in flight (-; exercising my old heavy Nikkor 300mm f/2.8)
(Anthochaera carunculata)
Crucifix Orchid (Epidendrum ibaguense)
For my 100 Flowers Project - 2024
When I photographed Kath's Crucifix Orchid (also known as Fire-star Orchid and Rainbow Orchid) last year, she gave me a cutting which I potted. The cutting seemed to die off and I thought it had failed. Two months later a fresh stem came up and now we have flowers.
A beautiful kingfisher (Alcedo athis, jégmadár) caught the prey, just emerging from water.
We were sitting in a great hide though the open front, lack of heating and the -3 degree Celsius temperature made it a tough challenge to take photos! :) We had bad luck again with weather...dense fog settled over the lake seriously impacting the quality of photos.
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