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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.
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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Tomorrow she will be taken to get spayed & vaccinated. Hopefully she will be able to adjust to being our indoor kitty. If she can’t adjust, I will feed and shelter her as my feral garden cat.
7DWF Thursdays / Jueves : B&W
"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning." -Benjamin Franklin
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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Spent fours hours at the river yesterday watching the Juvenile Kingfishers as they honed their fishing skills ...
Caught this one as it returned to its perch after successfully catching a tiny fish ...
Stay safe out there ...
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After all of the effort in the previous photo this eagle did not fly away empty clawed. I could spend hours just watching these wonderful creatures. Their intense effort and precision are amazing.
A second visit to photograph the Kingfishers at the end of April. The day started overcast with very light rain. But the brightened up slightly.
A male Kingfisher emerges from the water with a tasty Fish.
Only the male Kingfisher was seen throughout the day. But it was returning regularly to catch fish where it would dive and catch a fish for itself and then dive and catch a second fish before flying off.
Freshly repainted into DB "Verkehrsrot" following attention at Toton TMD, the ex-works 66653 'Barry Needham' heads through the snowy landscape at Red Bank with 6E26 1051 Knowsley Freight Terminal to Wilton.
Formerly 66194, conversion to 66653 entailed an increase in haulage capacity and reduction in maximum speed to 60mph. Supposedly due to the success of the project, another batch has been authorised to take the number series up to 66665.
(photoshop note, GSMR mast removed)
A Great Egret hunting minnows on Black Point Wildlife Drive.
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
What can I know? What shall I do? What may I hope? What is man? Did I waste my life? Was I useful to others? Do I deserve the love I am given? I don't know the answers. But I am rather ignorant, in pain and despair but alive - than perfect, without questions, and dead.
30/12/2017; Earlier this month, I visited Haarlem twice to shoot this ship in the river Spaarne that's covered in Christmas lights, however I had the bad luck that these lights weren't on during both of these visits.
While I still couldn't give this idea a rest, I also knew there are some ships lit up with Christmas lights in Weesp. Clearly I had better luck over there. :)
Our life is made up of failures & success or stagnation or less success. When fail or stagnant moments take over we forget about the success. We beat ourselves up with thoughts. But if our brain remembers bad so well why does it abandon good. If one succeeded in something 20 ... 30 ... or even 50 years ago does it mean it never happened? Does Colosseum stop being Colosseum if it is just standing there empty without any spectacles ? There was never another “Howl” for Allen Ginsberg or “On the Road” for Jack Kerouac or even “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” & “Song of Myself” for Walt Whitman. We can’t rewind those moments & first euphoria of their success but we can love them.
I came across this very colourful plant in the woods, small leggy type bush - I have spent quite a while trying to identify it without success ---- Any Botanists Flickr Friends?? Knowledgeable Gardener Flickr Friends?? :))
I was so excited to see an egret fishing in this area, as it is a rare sighting for me…
I am more likely to see them in flight…
A couple of minutes later, a pair of red-winged blackbirds took exception to this large bird and chased it away…
There are many red-winged blackbirds in this area with nests…
They did not like my presence on the trail at times either…
Maybe the egret will return another day…
That's how last nights talk went down! I had the best evening sharing my love of photography and a few stories along the way. I'd been buzzing for it all day then the room filled and I was set up ready to go, the nerves kicked in but for all of 2 minutes. once I got going my feelings and words flowed. The audience were amazing and offered up some great questions throughout. What a lovely and welcoming bunch - I couldn't ask for more from my first talk. A lovely man took some pictures for me so once I have one I will be sure to share.
For now here's an image from my favourite sunrise outing to date! some of you will have seen this previously when I initially posted it. A spring low tide at Old Harry Rocks and a 2.30am start.... just one of my stories shared (and evidence I am officially insane!)
I am on such a high and I'm definitely going to cling to this feeling for as long as possible!