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Florida’s Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a songbird found throughout rural areas of Florida. Its breeding range covers most of eastern North America and parts of South America. Experts say it is difficult to distinguish between the Eastern and Western species as it can be determined only by voice and location. Seventeen subspecies of the Eastern Meadowlark are documented.
Actually, the meadowlark is not a lark at all. It is a member of the blackbird family (Icteridae) which also includes cowbirds and orioles. Meadowlarks are easily identified by the bright yellow throat and belly. However, the most distinguishing mark in adults is the black “V” on its chest. It can often be seen on a fence post belting out its clear, melodious songs and whistles.
Adult birds weigh just over five ounces, are seven to ten inches tall with a wingspan of 14 to 16 inches. Both sexes are similar in size, although females are normally smaller with a shorter wingspan.
This bird prefers grassy fields, pastures, cultivated fields, golf courses and other open habitats. It is a good friend to the farmer/rancher and a bug-eating machine. Insects comprise more than 75 percent of its diet, with grains and seeds making up the balance. It is especially fond of grasshoppers and crickets, as well as insect larvae and grubs. It feeds on the ground, picking insects from the surface or probing the soil to reveal its prey. Meadowlarks also eat the seeds of many weeds.
I found this one along Joe Overstreet Road with three differnt insects (bugs) in its beak!
Tuesdays triple treat! We have had incessant rain for the last couple weeks, but the sunrises have been spectacular!
Bradenton, FL
From the lightning storm which started the 2020 Northern California wildfires.
Single long exposure, no trigger.
Pacifica, CA
"DNA barcoding is a method of species identification using a short section of DNA from a specific gene or genes. The premise of DNA barcoding is that, by comparison with a reference library of such DNA sections (also called "sequences"), an individual sequence can be used to uniquely identify an organism to species, in the same way that a supermarket scanner uses the familiar black stripes of the UPC barcode to identify an item in its stock against its reference database".
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A night time triple meet is in progress at Cima. In the north siding, an empty coal train idles away. On the main, a westbound stack train slowly eases west, cresting Cima Hill and starting the descent of the 2.2%. He's also taking it easy because the third player of this triple meet is taking the south siding and is just clearing up. The headlights catch the exhaust of the first two trains, enhancing an already ethereal scene with the Milky Way core looming overhead.
This is an interesting shot in terms of reflections, because one would normally think that part on the left was the "real world", I think, due to the way those shots normally work. In this case though, the whole thing's a reflection as you can tell by the word "Hotel" written backwards in the background across the street. I'll be interested to hear how many people you think are actually in the frame...anyway, happy Friday everyone...
Leica Q2 Monochrom
Summilux 28mm/f1.7 Asph.
Triple Falls, Du Pont State Forest.
Easily reached by a steep but short hike, this location has all three falls in view at the same time, but at the cost of being a bit distant. Total height of the falls is around 100 feet. Good views of the upper two cascades can be gained by taking the steps down to the viewing area at the top of the lower cascade. And I imagine that a good view of the lower cascade can be had from the base which seems popular with anglers.
All three in the photo are first for me. From L to R: A Black-necked Stilt in Pythonesque Silly Walks pose near Long Point, a very secretive Yellow Rail decided to sit tight under a tree in plain view of people in Ashbridges Bay Park, Toronto and a very rare Hepatic Tanager (Female) from south-western US in Shell Park, Oakville.
in the Dupont State Forest, Cedar Mountain, North Carolina. The Falls consists of three distinct cascades, totaling about 120 feet in vertical drop. It was featured in the movie Last of the Mohicans. This photo shows a small section of one of the drops.
Mit einem oder zwei Triebwagen sah das schon immer gut aus, aber erst das 9-Euro-Ticket machts möglich: Die auf drei 650 verstärkte RB 17744 Friedrichshafen Stadt – Radolfzell unterhalb der Klosterkirche Birnau am Bodensee.
For Thursday Doors Day
Office building of the former Breda brewery De Drie Hoefijzers ("three horseshoes").
This New Hague School and Art Deco style building is from 1926-1927 and designed by architect F.P. Bilzen & Son, in cooperation with AM.J.J. Smits.
Rijksmonumenten: Drie Hoefijzers: kantoorgebouw in Breda (in Dutch)
Backpacking in California. Finally getting around to editing these images from a backpacking trip in Fall 2022. Hey, that's a quick turn around for me! We set up camp just steps from this composition with the three peaks so I got the chance to photograph this view from multiple times of day.
Una tripla di macchine ÖBB è qui ripresa nei pressi di Pfons (AT), mentre sale la rampa nord del Brennero con lo shuttle intermodale Hall in Tirol - Bari Lamasinata.
A triplet of ÖBB locos is seen here passing near Pfons, Austria, whilst working the southbound Hall in Tirol - Bari Lamasinata intermodal shuttle.
Triple Double - Looks like these pygmy owls were aware that the NBA playoffs started and wanted to put up a triple double. Jokes aside, I took a 1600 mile road trip this past week to Southern California all the way to the California-Mexico border. I had many mammal and reptile lifers as well as a good photo lifer of the Northern Pygmy-Owl. Up until now, I only had record shots and hadn't observed their behavior closely. After exploring the forest and not seeing anything, I heard a soft trilling just as I was about to give up. I noticed this pair of owls huddled together up on a bush. To my surprise, the female flew down to a stump and grabbed a cached rodent. The male followed and mated with her as she was feeding on the rodent. He proceeded to catch a lizard within the same hour, gift it to her, and mate yet again. The conditions were dark, the behavior happened so quickly, and my settings were less than ideal. That said, I was very fortunate to capture this frame in focus documenting this unique once in a lifetime moment. Looking forward to spending more time observing this species and others in the Glaucidium genus in the coming years - they have a lot of personality and are very active hunters.
Species: Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium californicum)
Location: Southern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R7 + RF 100-500mm IS
Settings: 1/160s, ISO: 4000, f/6.3 @640mm EFL, Handheld, Electronic Shutter
A trio of EMDs lead a mixed train north out of Proctor along the Missabe Sub through Burnett and headed toward the area of Alborn.
CN 9544
CN 9433
IC 6263
Let's take to the air once more for a shot of the Toledo Sub's train of the day, Q541. Power consisted of CSX 8388, CSX 4384 (still donning the Clinchfield nose art) and CSX 8315; a triplet of EMD SD40's. Not as easy to get anymore on the GE saturated railroad.
Here, CSX Q541 enters the North end of Troy, passing by the former Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton (CH&D) railroad depot just south of downtown.