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The theme this week for the Happy Caturday group is "Antics and mischief" and the timing is perfect. Who doesn't want to see cats being silly. This photo looks like our clinic cat, Alexander Hamilton, is up to antics and mischief but actually, he is just curious about every cat that comes into the back treatment area of our cat clinic. I'm not sure what he communicates to the other cats but they never show any interest in him at all so he must not put out any threatening vibes - if anything, he seems to calm them down. This cat had just arrived for boarding and had a very stressful car ride. She had an accident in her carrier and we had to give her a spot bath before putting her into a clean cage. Alex found the perfect place to keep an eye on her until we could bathe her.
Happy Caturday: Antics and mischief
Timing is everything. I was able to catch CSX K445-20 on my way into work this morning making for a great start to the day. CN C40-8M #2427 & C44-9W #2549 brings the loaded ethanol train across the Chattahoochee River just before 9am as it enters Atlanta city limits.
Georgia Power's Plant McDonough-Atkinson is seen in the background.
I was actually scouting for locations for the next morning. But the conditions in the late afternoon were so great (no wind, still water, nice reflection) that I couldn't resist taking this image. The following morning appeared to be crap, so I was thrilled with this result.
A few days after I posted this image on Instagram I was approached by an author, asking if he could use the photograph for the book he is working on.
So, if all things go well: this image can be viewed in print around summer. For now: have you all a great weekend and,
Enjoy!
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The western half of North America is the breeding territory for this oriole. Wintering range is Mexico. From experience in this part of California, breeding takes place from the first week in May through last last week in July. I don't know hwere they comes from or go to, but I do know it's one of the hardest birds I've ever tried to photograph.
"Officialy," Bullock's orioles are native to western North America, though they are sometimes found as vagrants in the eastern half of the continent. During the breeding season, they are found as far west as the eastern foothills of the Cascade Range. Their breeding range stretches east to the Dakotas, Kansas, and northern Central Texas.[This species can be found as far north as British Columbia in Canada and as far south as Sonora or Durango in Mexico.4] It is common throughout its range, but is absent in parts of Arizona and Idaho, where a combination of extreme elevation and an arid climate make for poor living conditions. During winter, this species retreats to Mexico and northern Central America. Its winter range extends south and east from Sinaloa to Oaxaca.
They are secretive, usually nesting deep in oak trees with wonderful nests made of ... everything. The last nest I found was more full of plastic that the country dump (see below). Bullock's orioles are seasonally monogamous. The breeding season typically lasts from May until July. The exact timing of the beginning of the breeding season tends to vary geographically; in general, breeding begins later in the northernmost and westernmost portions of its geographic range. Mated pairs of Bullock's orioles cooperate to weave deep, pendant baskets in which are deposited between three and six eggs, though females tend to do much of the work. The nest is woven of plant fibers, primarily bark and fine grass fiber, though animal hair is also commonly used. The nest is lined with down, hair, and moss.
The call of the Bullock's Oriole is one of the best ways to home in on where it's at. A loud ratcheting sound that is given just as they take off and through the flight to landing. You miught have as many as six seconds to find and fix on this beautiful bird.
Der 16. Oktober 2012 sollte ein Herbsttag werden, wie er im Buche steht! Die wunderschön verfärbten Bäume des Odenwalds und das am Vorabend im Wetterbericht als "makelloser Sonnenschein" prognostizierte Wetter hatten mich motiviert, trotz des freien Tages extrem früh aufzustehen und mit einem der ersten Busse von Eberbach aus nach Friedrichsorf zu fahren, einem dieser abgeschiedenen Nester im letzen Zipfel Baden-Württembergs...
Nur eins war nicht da, als ich etwas verschlafen als einziger Fahrgast aus dem Bus stolperte: Sonne! Dichter Nebel lag im Waldtal des Flüsschens Itter, das die Grenze zwischen Baden-Württemberg und Hessen markiert. Für einen Herbsttag zwar nicht weiter ungewöhnlich, aber leider diesmal ausgesprochen zäher Natur. So stand ich auch noch um halb elf auf einem ungemütlich feuchten Acker und starrte ins Grau, immer in die Richtung, wo irgendwo ein Viadukt sein sollte...;) Längst hatte ich mich damit abgefunden, dass das heute wohl nichts mehr werden würde mit einem sonnigen Foto-Vormittag an der Odenwaldbahn.
Dann ging aber, gerade noch rechtzeitig vor der Durchfahrt von VIA 25166 (Eberbach - Frankfurt) - der eigentlich anvisierte Gegenzug war einige Zeit vorher ungesehen auf der anderen Talseite vorbei gerauscht -, alles ganz schnell! Die Sonne brach durch den Nebel und tauchte die Landschaft in ihr wärmendes Licht, nicht ohne noch ein paar dekorative Nebelfetzen zurückzulassen. ;)
Doug Harrop Photography • Oct. 18, 1976
Doug and his trusty camera were in the Tehachapi Mountains when he composed this spellbinding photograph of two eastbound trains. Southern Pacific 8953 East emerges from a side track, sanders fully engaged, as SP 8652 East waits on the main line at Rowan, California on Oct. 18, 1976.
As is often the case, timing is everything.
... hatten die beiden Fotografen an der Werksbahn Fieni-Moroeni um den Frühling voll einzufangen.
L45H-038 tuckert gemütlich in Richtung Fieni mit ihren beladenen Wagen und verlässt soeben Moroeni.
Auch wenn es schon der 3. Besuch an der Strecke war, ist man doch immer wieder zu anderen Jahreszeiten vor Ort und die ganze Strecke wirkt gleich ganz anderst.
Class L45H-038 with his cargo train from Moroeni to Fieni.
I drove up to this roadside waterfall for the first time after the heat wave of June 2021 and the waterfall was barely a trickle. This time the flow was respectable and the light made nice beams as the sun popped over the top of the cliff.
This shot is the result of the craziest timeluck I ever had while taking photos.
I said to my friend: "Damn, have a look, that frame is perfect. Now I want a red train to drive across the bridge!"
And just as I finished the sentence the train arrived 😅🚂
Trust the timing
of your life.
it felt so good getting out last night.But i guess i have to pay the prize for going out cause my leg is just not having this but who cares hehehe i sure dont
Purple Martin. View Large On Black Purple Martins are aerial insectivores, meaning that they catch insects from the air. The birds are agile hunters and eat a variety of winged insects. Rarely, they will come to the ground to eat insects. They usually fly relatively high, so, contrary to popular opinion, mosquitos do not form a large part of their diet. IMG_6764
Before the annual fireworks show in Detroit, several old warplanes out of Willow Run were doing fly-bys on the river. I had to time my shots as they passed behind openings in the skyline.
My favorite train in one of my favorite places - but timing and outside factors needed to line up.
The Empire Builder runs along the former CB&Q mainline towards St. Croix where it will divert off the BNSF St. Paul Subdivision and make a run down the Minnesota side of the Mississippi River. The train lost time in northwestern Montana and was unable to recover, so the lateness sunk, floating just under eight hours. However, that lateness was making it possible for an afternoon shot in the Grey Cloud Dunes Scientific & Natural Area, but that was depending on the will of the dispatcher.
I arrived Grey Cloud Dunes well in advance of the Empire Builder arriving St. Paul Union Depot. In the meantime, I was happy to get some eastbound BNSF intermodal traffic while I waited, additionally watching the clouds come and go and hoping dispatching would route the train on the more scenic BNSF St. Paul Subdivision route winding along the Mississippi River in Cottage Grove, Denmark Township, and briefly in Hastings. At 4:16pm, the Builder departed Union Depot and the hope of seeing it at Grey Cloud was strong. To my surprise, the clouds broke off and the sun proudly shined on my scene - I now just needed the train! Nerves built around the prospect of getting 'the shot,' fingers crossed, but there was still a 50 percent chance the dispatcher would send the Empire Builder straight through Cottage Grove along US 10/61 and avoid Grey Cloud Dunes altogether. My nervousness turned to delight when the distant rumble of eastbound traffic became evident. I should note, too, that I had no idea what power combination would lead this particular run of the Empire Builder. I was just hoping to see it in any form. I was surprised to see this unique pairing of 203 and 301 through the lens as it passed into my scene.
Glorious!
Timing is Everything
Running like clockwork...
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A long exposure, landscape image of waves crashing over the rocks at sunrise at Sandend in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
. . . I was very lucky to be here, when you consider I was having two stents put in a coronary artery just a few weeks ago!
But also, the weather being beautiful, the golden trees turning in the canyon, and the lack of any crowds at Zion National Park was amazing.
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In my current life I have to plan pretty far in advance to work in a backpacking trip, which makes it challenging to time an adventure to coincide with shoreline blooms, since that timing varies each summer too. And I never really know until I get there anyway. So I was very pleased to see the color here last summer.
Long time without water drops :p
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