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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
Okay...so yesterday was my first day birding for a couple of months. Although, sciatica remains to be a pain in the arse (literally), it was so good to drive out to the Salisbury Plain to look for some migrating whinchats. The trip was a success! Plenty of stonechat about also!!
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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.
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.
Un ragazzo e una ragazza erano su una moto a 100km/H
Ragazza: rallenta, scemo che ho paura!
Ragazzo: Smettila su! Io lo trovo divertentissimo…no?
Ragazza: No!ti prego… ho troppa paura!
Ragazzo: Amore…dimmi che mi ami…
Ragazza: ti amo…ma x favore basta… vai più piano!
Ragazzo: e ora dimmi ke nn hai mai amato nessuno come ami me.
Ragazza: mai nessuno!
Ragazzo: fammi le coccole…
La ragazza lo abbraccia e lo bacia delicatamente sul collo…
Ragazzo: puoi togliermi il casco e mettertelo tu che mi da fastidio?
Lei lo fa…
Giorno dopo… …
Prima pagina: Incidente in autostrada su una moto, causa problemi ai freni… c’erano 2 persone ma solo una è riuscita a salvarsi!
Ecco quello ke è successo…
Il ragazzo si era accorto a metà strada che i suoi freni non funzionavano, così per l’ultima volta si era fatto dire “ti amo”, aveva chiesto di sentirla per l’ultima volta chiedendole di avere le sue coccole … Dopo le fece mettere il casco per proteggerla. Anche se questo significava rinunciare alla sua vita… Non doveva correre, ma ormai era troppo tardi…salvò la sua ragazza che amava più della sua stessa vita…
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 :(
La necropoli (3300-2500 a.C.) ,si trova nella parte meridionale dell’abitato di Nughedu Santa Vittoria e consta di almeno due tombe, una delle quali riutilizzata successivamente versa in stato di degrado. La più importante è la domus de janas I in cui spicca la presenza del colore rosso nell’anticella ma sopratutto la protome taurina scolpita sul pilastro all’interno della camera, dove venne scolpita anche una pregevole « falsa porta » ; entrambe sono dipinte in rosso.
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.
“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 Flock of Seagulls are an English new wave band formed in Liverpool in 1979. The group, whose best-known line-up comprised Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley and Paul Reynolds, hit the peak of their chart success in the early 1980s.
In an Interview with the Worchester Magazine (2017), Mike Score explains where the band name comes from:
my favorite band was The Stranglers. One of their songs was called "Toiler on the Sea." We were at one of their concerts (The singer) yells out, "a flock of seagulls." We were in the front row. He looked like he looked right at us and called out, “a flock of seagulls.” We took it as a sign. Originally, we were called Level 7, but Level 42 has just put their album out. We knew we were going to have to change our name … Strangely enough, from that moment on, everybody noticed us. Everyone was like, 'Wow, what a strange name.' I think the name made people want to hear what we were about.[5]
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.