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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
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
Here's just one more from Sunday's hunt. Seems like I should show at least one result of the dives anyway.
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.
Fear
I Feared …
I feared being alone
Until I learned to like Myself.
I feared failure
Until I realized that I only Fail when I don't try.
I feared success
Until I realized that I had to try in order to be happy with myself.
I feared people's opinions
Until I learned that people would have opinions about me anyway.
I feared rejection
Until I learned to have faith in myself.
I feared pain
Until I learned that it's necessary for growth
I feared the truth
Until I saw the ugliness in lies.
I feared life
Until I experienced its beauty .
I feared death
Until I realized that it's not an end, but a beginning.
I feared my destiny,
Until I realized that I had the power to change my life.
I feared hate
Until I saw that it was nothing more than ignorance.
I feared love
Until it touched my heart, making the darkness fade into endless sunny days.
Until I learned how to laugh at myself.
I feared growing old
Until I realized that I gained wisdom every day.
I feared the future
Until I realized that Life just kept getting better.
I feared the past
Until I realized that It could no longer hurt me.
I feared the dark
Until I saw the beauty of the starlight.
I feared the light
Until I learned that the Truth would give me Strength.
I feared change,
Until I saw that even the most beautiful butterfly had to undergo a Metamorphosis before it could fly.
- Unknown
Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus (M)
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The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.
Kestrels can hover in still air, even indoors in barns. Because they face towards any slight wind when hovering, the common kestrel is called a "windhover" in some areas.
Unusual for falcons, plumage often differs between male and female, although as is usual with monogamous raptors the female is slightly larger than the male. This allows a pair to fill different feeding niches over their home range. Kestrels are bold and have adapted well to human encroachment, nesting in buildings and hunting by major roads. Kestrels do not build their own nests, but use nests built by other species.
Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.
The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.
Data from Britain shows nesting pairs bringing up about 2–3 chicks on average, though this includes a considerable rate of total brood failures; actually, few pairs that do manage to fledge offspring raise less than 3 or 4. Compared to their siblings, first-hatched chicks have greater survival and recruitment probability, thought to be due to the first-hatched chicks obtaining a higher body condition when in the nest. Population cycles of prey, particularly voles, have a considerable influence on breeding success. Most common kestrels die before they reach 2 years of age; mortality up until the first birthday may be as high as 70%. At least females generally breed at one year of age; possibly, some males take a year longer to maturity as they do in related species. The biological lifespan to death from senescence can be 16 years or more, however; one was recorded to have lived almost 24 years.
Population:
UK breeding:
46,000 pairs
A day trip to Shropshire for a chance to photograph Kingfishers. The weather was sunny intervals. The location light was contrasty and tricky to shoot in. But a good day was had.
A Kingfisher climbs away after a successful dive.
This is one of my 2 favourite images of the day.
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Friday night in Sydney town.
Near the very chilled 'Theatre Bar At The End Of The Wharf'.
See: www.thetheatrebarattheendofthewharf.com.au/
This is the 'Lowdown' view from Wharf 3/4 - Walsh Bay Wharf & Arts Precinct. Last Friday night in Sydney: 8th March, 2024.
15 Hickson Road, Dawes Point (aka Millers Point).
See: www.sydney.com/destinations/sydney/sydney-city/walsh-bay/...
And here is Boz Scaggs with his incomparable 'Lowdown' track from the iconic 1976 album 'Silk Degrees':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-hKBmTAADo
This is the track that Robert Stigwood wanted to use on the soundtrack of 'Saturday Night Fever' but, for whatever reason, Boz Scaggs declined!! Many years later Boz Scaggs declared that this was a shocking mistake given the amazing success of 'Saturday Night Fever'. Nevertheless, Boz has done okay!!
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
A royal spoonbill catches lunch at the lagoon. It is a 4 km walk from our friends house around the lagoon and beach and back to the house but always some pictures to be taken!
Hope you have a successful Friday and thanks very much if you have time for a comment.
I've taken over 400 photos in the past three days in and outside of Ruth Bancroft Garden. I've had so much success that I am running into archived images from a year ago. So, tonight, I want to start a series of five very interesting flowers and plants that I've found just since last Monday.
On the way to the Garden, there is a sound wall on Bancroft Blvd. Every time I pass in every season, I notice that there is English Ivy clinging to the wall. These last three days, there are no more than 20 leaves in a full block.
Thinking of the O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) story, "The Last Leaf", I came to this particular trio of leaves with the eastern sun just setting them aglow, and more vibrant that they ever were in Fall. It doesn't fit the story, but I certainly saw the potential for a post for Saturday morning.
Go read the short story. You may never see a lone leaf - or even a trio - the same way again.
“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.
They said I had to wear a suit to work. Who was I to deny them in this latest release from Avec Toi at the FameshedX event 10/10/22
Avec Toi seems to really know my personal style, because a corset with a white blouse is my power outfit. And now it exists in SL and I'm SO happy it does!
"The path to success is built one brick at a time; even the smallest step forward is progress." - Victoria Quinn, Black Obsidian
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I am dripping wet...not an easy job...curses on barbie! she put a spell on these shoes, i am sure of it!!
In my previous post, a snowy egret had struck at a tiny fish as it flew by the water’s surface hoping for a fly-by catch. It was indeed successful and after gulping this tiny minnow down it continued its search for more.
On this particular morning, the tide was coming in and there was a feeding frenzy like I had not witnessed before. Literally a hundred or more birds were feeding in the shallow water feasting on the bounty of small fish. There were snowy egrets, great egrets, reddish egrets, great blue herons and white ibis to name a few. There was also a pod of baby tarpon feeding nearby, although they definitely didn’t fit the bill of “small fish!”
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And so, my final photograph from my 2023 trip to Hong Kong. It was a bloody good one, all told (aside from when I fractured my foot halfway through the trip). I was able to take this shot as the manager of the hotel saw me hobbling around with my hospital boot and walking stick. She took pity on us (our flight wasn’t until almost midnight) and she gave us a spare room to use for free until we had to go to the airport. I was very, very grateful to have somewhere to slump.
I stood by the window and took a few shots before the time was up- the grey skies reflected my mood. I hope I’ll be back someday.
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I know, I know. Hong Kong, again! I’m not wealthy- I just keep spending all my money on going there. I don’t think they say ‘Fourth Times the Charm’ but this trip was just that - a success. For almost the entire time I kept my mental health issues at bay. It was a good trip. After three disasters - It is really nice to say that.
Sunbeam cars first appeared in 1901 and, from the outset, were involved with racing, competition and land speed record attempts. Bought out by the Rootes brothers, the name Sunbeam was then linked with Talbot until 1954, the year this car was built.
Based on the Hillman but with better performance, Sunbeam was the sportiest of the Rootes Group’s range. The Mk IIA had engine refinements and ventilated holes in the wheels to help cool the enlarged brakes. The flowing lines of the bonnet and wings were aerodynamically designed and wind noise was reduced to a minimum. The standard column mounted gear change was so unreliable that dealers offered customers free conversion to floor change.
Sunbeams were popular as rally and competition cars, with successes in the Monte Carlo and Alpine rallies. In production from 1952 to 1954, only 9,708 of this model were made.
This blue 1954 Sunbeam Talbot 90 Mk. IIA, TYJ341, is on display at Haynes Motor Museum.