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These birds (almost) always seem to look in excellent condition, probably the normal viewing conditions of a bright winters day and a healthy diet of high carotene berries helps.
I have included a shot taken a few years ago in comments below of the wax primary feather tips that give the bird its name.
Taken in Kelling, North Norfolk. Approx. 24m away.
My two favourite birding locations in Ontario - Pelee Island and Prince Edward County - both jut into bodies of water and mark the southernmost tips of their regions. As a consequence, both areas host significant wine-making operations, which in turn attracts boutique hotels and restaurants and a very different kind of tourism.
The odd thing is that both areas have managed to retain large areas of very rough terrain for wildlife, and these tend to be unpopular with the folks from Ottawa and Toronto who are visiting for other reasons. That is quite obvious when backroading: driving on the many dirt roads that crisscross the areas near the water. Barred Owls, Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks, Bald Eagles, and even the occasional Upland Sandpiper are fairly common sights on these rarely travelled routes.
I was alerted by my friend Paul to the location of a Red Fox den on one of these roads, and made a point of keeping my eyes peeled for adults and kits. This adult was spotted hunting for rodents along a grassy ridge alongside one of these roads.
I slowed down and stopped, pulling off on the opposite (wrong) side of the road, and then turned off the engine. Unlike the tamer Red Foxes around Ottawa, who are more used to sharing space with humans, these creatures are more skittish. Homes are pretty scarce in this area, and the Foxes are more natural predators.
In any event, I figured I had about thirty seconds to work. I had the windows down and my camera ready to go on the front seat. I wanted to really lean out of the window to avoid heat waves distorting the image. The Fox had just failed to catch something and had assumed a very focused pose, planning its next move. A short burst of three images and it was gone into the tall grasses of the nearby field.
Burnt-tip Orchids / neotinea ustulata. Derbyshire. 25/05/22.
'ANOTHER TICK ON MY UK ORCHID LIST.'
It's always wonderful to see something wild for the first time and yesterday I did just that when I went to see a small colony of Burnt-tip Orchids. There were spits and spots of rain, scudding clouds and an unrelenting cold wind, but nothing took away from the joy of seeing these striking little orchids.
*They shook and quivered in the wind so photography was a bit of a challenge!
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
The rain really doused these leaves, but it was gentle enough to leave droplets on each point of the leaf.
This is one of a number of photos that I took for a web site that I designed for a local horse stable. I used this one on the Contact page .... Tipper... this happy dog always greets me when I arrive.
www.skylinefarm.ca/Contact.html
It was not a photo that I planned for the site, but when I saw him there looking down the lane, I took the shot... later decided to use it.
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The female Orange Tip is more secretive and less conspicuous than the male. She lacks the orange wing tips, which warn of his unpalatability, and is often passed over as a Small or Green-veined White. From above, the female can be distinguished from the other whites by the isolated black spot near the front edge of the forewings and the faint pattern showing through from the underside of the hindwings.
MRV Cavatigozzi-Piedimonte V.L.S Aquino affidato alla E190 321 di CFI appena transitata da Chiusi C.T. sulla Roma-Firenze
Another capture of male yellow tip. This one shows better the yellow (orange) tips of the wings. Females don't have the yellow color on their wing tips.
More than 50% crop of the original.
Fordon Chalk Banks. 2017
I am reasonably pleased with this Orange-tip picture, as it shows not just the orange tips, but also the camouflage outer wing.
Cinnamon Teals are such beautiful ducks, and I've taken many shots of them, usually from such a great distance that I haven't posted any of them.
Some ducks were sleeping nearby the pond where I was shooting today, and I was pleasantly surprised to see one was a Cinnamon Teal. I wanted to get some nice shots of him swimming so I decreased my shutter speed to 1/1250 to bring out more detail in the darker colors.
But then he decided to fly. They are so fast that I didn't have time to increase my shutter speed. I just got lucky that this was in focus. He's one pretty duck!
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ICM Seascape. I thought I would try a ICM image of the sea. I find these types of shot;s difficult to evaluate, as there are no guide lines. Like DOF sharpness composition.
But there you go love them or hate them here it is, I personally like them in small dosses.
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I recently recorded a video with B&H with some helpful tips for shooting with a long telephoto lens. Check it out in the link below:
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I cover topics such as selecting the right lens, handholding techniques, how to shoot from a tripod in both calm and windy conditions, and much more!
Iron Range, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Why is World Parrot Day so important to this cockatoo?
In late 2021, the rare and striking palm cockatoo had its conservation status reclassified from least concern to endangered following a recent population drop. Major habitat loss has been cited as the primary cause of the species’ decline. Australia’s palm cockatoos are found only in the rainforests of Cape York Peninsula, at the northern tip of Queensland. Land clearing due to mining and worsening bushfires due to climate change are shrinking the species’ already limited viable habitat.
Making matters worse, the palm cockatoo has an unusually slow rate of reproduction. Females lay only a single egg every two years. Research suggests that chick loss to due predation results in palm cockatoo pairs only producing—on average—a single offspring every ten years. There are thought to be fewer than 1,500 birds remaining in the wild. (Source: www.aviculturehub.com.au/)
While photographing in the Cape York Peninsula in November 2022, we went out five nights in a row to look for these birds as they came in from a day of foraging. We were lucky to watch this particular male on several nights when he called loudly to claim his territory and bring in his mate. See flic.kr/p/2oEf6eG for a photo of the pair.
It was incredible being able to watch these birds on multiple evenings and witness a wide range of behaviors including the famous drumming they do with sticks and hard nuts; this behavior has earned them the nickname "Ringo Star."
Back Garden - after photographing this guy on Saturday, I watched him go to roost on the Weigela. Knowing it was going to be frosty the next morning I got up early to try to get some images with frost or dew - he was still there, but he must have been sheltered under the leaf, as I can only see the frost on the Weigela.
Stonington lies at the southern tip of the Blue Hill Peninsula on the southern portion of the island of Deer Isle and is one of Maine’s busiest working waterfronts and the state’s lobster capital.
Print Size 13x19 inches. HWW.
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Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris
This butterfly is known for their fast, darting flight and small size.
Skippers have uniquely hooked antennae, unlike the clubbed tips of most other butterflies.
They are important pollinators, helping many wildflowers and plants reproduce.