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A great horned owl comes in for a landing on top of the dead pine branch on the left. This is a mother owl, raising two owlets who are still learning to fly.
The map location is approximate within 1 mile of the actual location.
G513 and 602 work their way through Towrang in the last rays of sun for the day with empty grain train 1277. These locos and wagons would attach to 2347 the next day.
2020-10-09 SSR G513-602 Towrang 1277
These gulls were chasing in the wind yesterday. Oddly, it appeared that the one with the stick was more often the pursuer, so it wasn't the cause of the chase. This was taken over the Willamette from the Steel Bridge in downtown Portland.
I'm not sure, but I think maybe the guy in blue was calling out a challenge to the leader.
Intelligencia Cup bicycle racing
Mundelein, Illinois
July, 2023
Runs a tight ship does Cap'n Crow, so get on that yard arm or no rum ration. Corvus cornix strutting about on a boat. I don't know... what a carrion.
This was taken early on while the murmuration was still quite small. It's fascinating to watch how the starlings suddenly fly in tight formation and then, in a split second, morph into a different shape. The sea was unusually calm on Wednesday, which gave it a mirror-like quality. I should warn you, I've been to Brighton again today. More starlings to come ... sorry. :)
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BRM001, 602, 4532 and 4904 power through a tight spot among the trees at Tallong with loaded grain 3476 to Newcastle.
2020-06-14 SSR BRM001-602-4532-4904 Tallong 3476
Sulphur Tuft Mushrooms growing in a dense cluster. www.ChrisDraperPhotography.com/amazing-mushrooms shared with pixbuf.com
Hold on tight, the storms are coming!
I wish people wouldn't go so close though….
As evening fell, high tide and strong winds made for some dramatic scenes.
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Another week in lockdown, so more macro shots from the garden. This one is of an allium ready to burst into colour.
Some residents of a veal farm spend a moment out of their 18-20 week life span to roam their individual "front yards".
This picture may show the tightest formation that I have ever taken. The skill involved in putting on a show like this is totally impressive. I do believe that they were in the 18 inch separation that has been claimed at one time or another. The Air Force Thunderbirds would just go home without flying if they had to get this tight.
U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds - #126 in Explore 5/5/22
2022 Fort Lauderdale Air Show - Fort Lauderdale, Florida U.S.A.
Spring 2022 - On the Beach - Broward County - South Florida
*[left-click for a closer-look - Air-Show Flight-Squadron - 5/1/22]
The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, known to all the world as the “Thunderbirds”, are the Air Force’s Ambassadors in Blue. They represent the 500,000 men and women of the United States Air Force. The Thunderbirds plan and present precision aerial maneuvers to exhibit the capabilities of modern, high-performance aircraft and the high degree of professional skill required to operate those aircraft. The Thunderbirds squadron is composed of eight pilots (including six demonstration pilots), four support officers, four civilians and more than 100 enlisted personnel.
The Thunderbirds air demonstration is a mix of formation flying and solo routines. The four-jet diamond formation demonstrates the training and precision of Air Force pilots, while the two solo aircraft highlight some of the extreme capabilities of the F-16. In all, the pilots perform approximately 40 maneuvers in a single demonstration. An aerial demonstration lasts 60 minutes with an additional 15 minutes for the ground show before takeoff.
During a typical season the Thunderbirds perform no more than 70 air demonstrations in 35 cities throughout the nation. More than 280 million people in all 50 states and 57 foreign countries have seen the red, white and blue Thunderbirds jets.
Thunderbirds were officially activated June 1, 1953, as the 3600th Air Demonstration Unit at Luke AFB, Arizona. The unit was nicknamed the “Stardusters.” Their first aircraft was the straight-winged F-84G Thunderjet. The team transitioned to the swept-winged F-84F Thunderstreak in 1955. In June 1956, the team moved to its current home at Nellis AFB in Nevada and traded the veteran F-84 for the world’s first supersonic fighter, the F-100 Super Sabre. In early 1964, the team changed briefly to the F-105B Thunderchief, but after only six shows returned to the F-100. In 1969 the team transitioned to the F-4E Phantom and then in 1974 to the T-38 Talon, a more fuel efficient jet. In 1983 the Thunderbirds began flying the
F-16 and continue to do so. - Was a huge thrill on a magnificent day!
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Watch the Show! - www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkCocHrfPbc
2nd Place Competition Winner - Daarklands Group - 10/15/25
On a beautiful late summer day, this Yellow-shafted Flicker (Northern Flicker), and two of his family were working over this tree at Stony Creek Metropark, Michigan.
This medium-sized woodpecker likes to eat ants and beetles, and I've often seen them on the ground as well as in the trees, looking for insects to eat.
They give a distinctive "wacka-wacka" call.
A half 13cm open seedpod of some creeper plant. Each seed is connected to a still compressed fluff of an ultra thin sort of fiber on the right of the seeds, used of course to carry them on the wind..
This little woodpecker is hanging out tight to a old log. The winds were gusting up 50mph. She is got toe hold on the split in the log. The white background is snow from blizzard. The white background and colors of the woodpecker is a nice contrast.
My Backyard
Tunkhannock, Pa
3/16/2017
Visiting Ex-GWR Class 64xx Pannier Tank No.6412 crosses Wribbenhall Viaduct, Bewdley with a local service to Arley during the SVR Spring Gala.
For alternative railway photography, follow the link:
www.phoenix-rpc.co.uk/index.html to the Phoenix Railway Photographic Circle.