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It won't be long now!
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
ORDER: Caprimulgiformes
FAMILY: Trochilidae
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rufous_Hummingbird/overview
Colorado Springs, CO
I think this is a Ruby Throated Hummingbird, but I may be wrong. His colors are a little different than pics I found on line of Colorado birds.
He is very small, about 2"-3" long, he landed in a branch just above me and just sat there quietly.
To think I was blessed with such beauty 2 days before the New Year, and got nothing of that caliber this year while in the same place... Yikes.
When I think back about my immediate reaction to that redhead girl, it seems to spring from an appreciation of natural beauty. I mean the heart pleasure you get from looking at speckled leaves or the palimpsested bark of plane trees in Provence. There was something richly appealing to her color combination, the ginger snaps floating in the milk-white skin, the golden highlights in the strawberry hair. It was like autumn, looking at her. It was like driving up north to see the colors.
— Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
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[FR.] La campagne Octobre Rose est l'occasion de sensibiliser au dépistage du cancer du sein et de collecter des fonds pour soutenir la recherche.
[EN.] The Pink October campaign is an opportunity to raise awareness about breast cancer screening and to raise funds to support research.
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#octobrerose #octobrerose2021
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A three shot hand-held panorama from a turn out on Red Look Loop Road between Crescent Moon Ranch and AZ-89A. The compositional element is Cathedral Rock on the right upper 1/3rd. I suppose if I have to tell you that it's not much of a photo. I think that is Courthouse Butte in the center. I haven't spent much time in this part of Sedona, so that is about all I have to say about that.
I think is is Lover's Knoll. From what I understand, this is a popular vantage point for wedding photographers
Any additions and education will be appreciated.
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First time I think seeing one of these, thanks to Donald and Charlene for pointing it out.
Bee-flies are fascinating insects that have mastered the art of mimicry. These agile, fluffy, flying creatures look similar to bees, but they are in fact flies. They have only one pair of wings, whereas bees have two, and their most unmistakable feature is a long, straight, straw-like tongue, known as a proboscis.
One of the first bee-fly species seen in spring is the dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major), common across Britain and a frequent garden visitor. It has yellowy-brown hair, a long tongue, and darkened wing edges that extend halfway across each wing.
Bee-fly behaviours
One peculiar behaviour displayed by the bee-fly is its slow-moving hover where it lightly touches the ground. It keeps its legs slightly grounded, while slowly and gently brushing the surface with its abdomen – if you look closely, you can see the abdomen creates movements in the sandy surface. This is because the bee-fly is scooping up sand and mud to coat its eggs for camouflage.
This camouflage is important, as bee-flies will lay their eggs in unsuspecting solitary bee burrows, hovering over the burrow entrances before catapulting their eggs inside. As the eggs hatch, the bee-fly larvae spend their time maturing in the nest, eating up the pollen stores that the solitary bees have left for their own young. Although this sounds like bad news for the bees, a healthy population of bee-flies means that you have a good population of bees.
Temperatures are expected to be "much above normal" in the San Diego area and throughout Southern California by Thanksgiving, the National Weather Service said Sunday.
Coastal areas are expected to see highs in the mid-to-low-80s beginning Tuesday, with that day's highs predicted to be a full 10 degrees higher than the Monday's in some places.
Inland areas are expected to see even higher temperatures.
Highs of as much as 90 degrees are predicted for Escondido and Ramona on Wednesday.
Real People Series ~ candid street portraits
Own image 0986
Pink Ribbon Badge
For Octubre Rosa/Pink October
For October a Month in 31 Pictures.
October is breast cancer awareness month so I take this opportunity to remind all (yes, men can have it too) to do the self checks and have the scans. Early detection is pivotal to a better outcome
Something close to my heart, as many of you are aware, Di, my wife, is a 26 year survivor.
To all those who have done the October Challenge this year, thanks for posting some great images and your comments on my images.
Let's do it all again in 2026!
Pardon the expletives !!! works well with the image & probably how a lot of us feel this time of year
I think I'm finally caught up on client work, and work for Hannah's school (but only because of a snow day)...what a wonderful blessing it is to get to shoot something for myself... this was supposed to be a shot of the Boo, but she horned in...if anyone is worried, she was outdoors for less than a minute...she thought if she wore her coat, no one would know she had a pretty dress on...
Miss ya, hope the new year is treating everyone well...
I knew there would be lots of flowers for this challenge. My options were limited this week so a quick capture of these pretties it was :)
ELS 501 rolls south near Beecher Wisconsin after swapping trains with the Channing crew at Pembine. Temps are in the mid 40s with steady rain and thick rolling fog on this mid March day. The 501 is a former Milwuakee Road unit and is right at home on the former Milwaukee Road mainline to Green Bay.
This is a Tea Plantation in Tanah Rata, Malaysia. It wasn't the perfect day to visit it but in the end the clouds gave a nice dramatic sky for this picture.
She thinks you must just be jealous of her fluffy pink stool. Yes, that's it. You couldn't possibly be laughing at her. :)
Yesterday's Crazy Tuesday group theme was Negative Space and, as usual, I tried a few different ideas. I'm beginning to think I must have a split personality. The image I chose to post was the grown up version. I'll leave you to decide what this one is. :)
#AbFav_AUTUMN_SEASON
#AbFav_PHOTOSTORY
I Think It's Going To Rain Today…
Randy Newman - youtu.be/k9Fn8VhkK5g
He is one of my main favourite artists, because of his great sensitivity.
SCOTLAND…
It is early October and we are in Scotland, so the weather is ‘Scottish’… which means, some sun, racing clouds, fast showers, lots of light play on the hills and oooh interesting light.
As we are high up, we are closer to the sky, so; often the top of the hills are covered in eerie wisps of white cloud.
Like a lover’s caress.
The weather doesn’t bother us, we take it as it comes, everything has its charms and moods.
When in The Highlands, you just have to see it with mist and rain.
We stand on the shore of Loch Lubnaig, standing silent, stunned by such beauty, which changes by the second! I capture the rain.
This is again how it came out of my camera!
I’m a ‘purist’, lol
Have a beautiful day and thank you for your comments, M, (*_*)
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I think this one had fallen out of the nest a little early.
The silvereye colonised New Zealand from Australia in the 1850s, and is now one of New Zealand’s most abundant and widespread bird species. It is found throughout New Zealand and its offshore and outlying islands, occurring in most vegetated habitats, including suburban gardens, farmland, orchards, woodlands and forests. Silvereyes are small songbirds that are easily recognised by their conspicuous white eye-ring; their plumage is mainly olive-green above and cream below. It is an active, mobile species that moves about frequently, including making sea crossings.