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calls at Earlestown @ 23.00 15th Jan 2020...
These small ducks nest in trees and have amazing flying abilities, they can easily navigate through the trees avoiding branches with ease. This particular female was nesting in a tree trunk and made several sorties out of her nest into neighboring pond.
These sprawling trees have sprouted along the densely wooded and secluded trails of Menemsha Hills.
Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard
These black and white photographs are as if taken with an old camera Polaroid)
The stunning clumsy shadows that spoil the face are so funny)
Inexplicable oddities sometimes occur in photographs))))
These birds are not liked as they have the habit of laying their eggs in the nest of others… but they are quite handsome. Seen near Nutter’s Battery, Central Park, New York.
These impressive falls can be seen from the overlook (where I took this photo) or from the end of the gorge trail at the bottom (www.flickr.com/photos/aleadam/22333698393/)
According to my wife, this photo has the shape of a heart. Go figure that...
These trees are to be found on the edge of Buttermere in the U.K.'s Lake District. They are known as the "Sentinels" presumably because they appear to be guarding the lake.
These dead thistles seem to be a favourite perching spot for the local Black-shouldered Kites around Avalon.
To creates these living sculptures small feats of amazing garden and mechanical engineering need to be performed, lay out of the metal frames, covering them with mesh understructure to support the moss and earth needed to grow the designs each sculpture with an embedded irrigation system that forms an underlying network of drinking tubes for the plants.
We continue on our visit of the works presented in MosaïCanada 150 by traveling from the last East Coast display to one from the West Coast capturing the spirit of the West Coast First Nations artwork, here is a Haida Black Fish or as the less indigenous call them killer whales.
Killer whales are considered guardians of the village as well as a revered medicine animal in the Pacific First Nations symbolizing power and strength sighting one is considered a potent omen some tribes also believe that hunters lost to the sea return as a “Black Fish” and become protectors of mankind.
I took this on Aug 10, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 16-35mm f4 Lens at 23mm 1/40 sec f/16 ISO100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
These roses are a climbing variety, and they utilize other trees and shrubs for their support. A few of these roses are in single bushes, but most are seen cascading down from the branches of other vegetation...
These purple giant hyssop flowers really attract the pollinators now in late summer and early autumn. If you want to see lots of insect activity on a nice sunny day, visit a patch of giant purple hyssop plants soon. You might even spot this marvelous monarch mimic there.
These are birthday orchids I received from one of my good friends. Yellow is my favorite color. Makes me happy, relax and just good to be alive!
These Peaches and more came from a tree my Father in law planted years ago at my brother in laws home, my wife made a Peach cake Yesterday.
These neat little rhinoceros auklets are actually a puffin species, and have been proposed to be called the rhinoceros puffin. Note the narrow white horn at the base of their orange bill that is cause for their common name. They also wear white whiskers and a pair of white feather plumes behind the eye. They nest underground on offshore islands just like the tufted puffins. After finding the 3 puffin species in Alaska on this trip, and the Atlantic puffin last year in Maine, I've now seen every puffin species in the world!
These little streets are wonderful feature of old towns. They do not do much for the flow of traffic and many were eliminated in the name of progress. This one is actually called Shortcut (Pruchodni), just near Bartolomejska street famous (pre 1989) Police station. It is a centuries old street, but it was not named on the maps until 1905. Originally named Karel Bendl street, in honour of composer (1838-1897) who lived there.
847 (887). Prague 2014- no.19. Taken 2014-May 31; P1250253; Upload Nov 29, 2021. Lmx -ZS5
These lovely asters just glowed in the late afternoon sun. I particularly liked the backlighting of some of the petals. Found in the Wild Gardens of Acadia in Acadia National Park.
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Pentax K-3 - SMC Pentax DA 55-300mm F4-5.8ED
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These majestic, gentle giants live in grasslands and savannahs. Originally native to Africa, they are now established in Europe, North America, South America and Australia. Their horns can span 8 ft from tip to tip. Seen in the Houston Zoo.
Theses birds were really fun to watch run around. Most of the time they just stayed on the ground, but this one was kind enough to hop up on this perch to say hello.
These two guys are three weeks old barn owl chicks and hand raised in the wildlife park. Many thanks to the falconers for allowing me to meet and photograph these cuties. Only 5-6 weeks later they will be able to fly.. Nature's amazing!
I, I'm a new day rising
I'm a brand new sky
To hang the stars upon tonight
I am a little divided
Do I stay or run away
And leave it all behind?
It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again
These lovely pink Clematis were peeking through the fence, just 2 escaped from the garden and did a peek a boo through the fence. Phorto was taken near Dundareve area of West Vancouver.
These are two plants that have wandered into my garden. The blue one is Viper’s bugloss. It’s been covered in bees all summer. The white one is Oxeye Daisy. This is described as very attractive to humming birds, which amused me as there aren’t any in the UK. Although, who knows….
Both plants are described as invasive, time will tell. They will have to take on the wild carrot.
These are probably the largest lilies that I've come across. There were a few stems of these growing in a local park's garden this past summer.
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These toadstools were growing from under the bark of a dead oak tree. Although it doesn't look like it in this photo they were on stalks, rather than bracket fungi. I haven't been able to identify them and would be really happy if someone could. They are perhaps 30-40 mm across & 60-90 mm high.
These eastern birds are a rare sight in our garden. It was thrilling to have this young male Redstart hang around for a couple of days.
These girls are so wonderful to photograph, both on and off the tennis courts. Her parents gave me permission to use my photos on Flickr. Her father who is the tennis coach for the 3 girls is from Cameroon and her mother is from Cambodia. Wonderful family!
Model Meggy
HMUA Josie Connell
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall
New Aug 2021 edit
(Meggy got out of the river for this one)
These clubtails always face the woods, usually hanging on leaves with their rusty clubs toward you so it's tougher to get lateral views showing more of those pretty eyes, and really tough to get a portrait. This is the only year we've had an "outbreak" of these exciting clubtails and it may never happen again. They've been flying for 6 weeks so it's gotta end soon. Their eyes can be blue or green or both (blue at the top, greener below) as in this shot.
>> male Russet-tipped clubtail, along Little River in N. Georgia, 5 days ago
See next shot for full dorsal view of this fellow.
These flies were very annoying and would bother us when they didn't have birds to bother. I guess these birds don’t have too many feathers on top of their head so it’s easier for the flies to bite them. Jabiru taken in North Pantanal, Brazil.
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