Not positive about the identity of this bird If anybody can advise I would appreciate it

Everglades Snail Kites are a highly endangered bird in Florida! They are now referred to as Snail Kites and get their name for the fact that they feed almost exclusively on Apple Snails! They are a victim of poor water management, including water quality, high water levels, extremely low water levels. The water that is of extremely poor quality is because of recycling of farm water!

We were luck enough to see these Snail Kites mating on one of our trips to STA 5 in the wonderful early morning light!! As always thanks for looking and we will see you on Thursday!!

Mar & April: Photography exhibit at the J. N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center, Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel, Florida

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Snow on the dock

Kanaka (Haney)-Landing Harbour on the Mighty Fraser River

Maple Ridge

British Columbia

Canada

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Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Stay Healthy

~Christie

~Christie (happiest) by the River

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The final shot from my March visit to Sjælsø. Here I have used a 3-shot HDR to help get the most detail from the scene. I am really fond of the play between the shadows and the morning light from the sun and the wonderful reflections from the sky in the frozen puddles on the ground.

As previously noted I would advise everyone, and not just photographers, to get out and enjoy the warm, golden morning light. It's soul soothing!

View On Black

Thanks to The Unforgettable Pictures

A view of Lisbon from "above" - the rooftops in the center of the city - here you see the "Baixa" - in consideration for Unesco World Heritage site mainly refbuilt after the hearquake of 1755; it is the "heart" of the city - here the old city meets the Tejo River as well as the most typical parts of the city. In June 13th the Festivies of S.Antonio (the city patron) make this part a big party - I advise to visit it once at least - you can find all sorts of accomodations!:.)) Enjoy and have a great week!

See: www.visitportugal.com/NR/exeres/EA93FF97-3C28-4236-B4DD-3...

www.visitportugal.com/NR/exeres/7EC360E0-6F0C-4311-B069-D...

Do listen to Madredeus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5LH_0vHjUo

I am sorry but I am busy so I cannot comment on all of you (I am OFF) but will catch up as soon as I can

(advises our PM). Funniest song ever to come out of this pandemic:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eySDeBdqxGY

Dig deep....but not too deep

Only take what you need

Live and let live.

Two birds fighting over who gets to sit on the wire. I am unsure of the species so if one of my learned bird expert flick friends can advise it would be much appreciated. #7DWF

Deliberately used a lower shutter to attempt to get a sense of movement. Hopefully it worked!

Temp this morning was +1c but felt like -5c. How did You Sleep Last Night

Hello friends. Busy summer :-)

This was taken near the beautiful village of Mullaghmore in Co Sligo.

I would advise you lay off it for a while, say five or ten minutes:-)

W. C. Fields, "Alcohol and Me," 1942

HPPT!! Character Matters!

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Early morning Spring Eastern Meadowlark calling. The background is a recently burned Sawgrass Prairie In Everglades National Park! Thanks for looking and I will see everyone next week!!

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Captain Cady's

25 Navigation Circle

Rockport, TX

I have several versions of this place: fog, no fog, sunset and no sunset. For some reason I decided to go with sunset and fog..;)

Thanks everyone for helping me with my group problem. I realized I was in too many groups and just wanted to thin it out a little, only because I'm so anal..;) And, it sound like taping my toes together is the best advise after all.

Vas'ka advises to wait out the heat this way: to sleep in the house during the day, and in the evening to sleep in the patio, on the stones heated in the afternoon. That is, sleep 24 hours a day! :-)

Thank you all for visits, faves and comments - greatly appreciated!

is certainly advised both for those that sail and those that ramble on the cliff tops plus the added in-coming storm produced an advisory to get back to the dry indoors!

This is a shot from the road to the famous Trollstigen. A fantastic place well worth a visit if you ever come to Norway. My advise.... visit outside tourist season :)

Sandy McRuer advised , this is the name of the bird. A thank you is extended to him.

We were about to advise friends to plant some casuarinas as a windbreak on their farm - this Swamp Wallaby clarified this once and for all: wallabies do eat casuarinas.

(Wallabia bicolor)

he advised me to place this image coz it's more appealing than the other one, sooo I follow his advise ;-)

Friends ! Believe it or not, my colorful heart shape is NOT a flower ! In botanical language I am called Spathe. I am a shield like leaf ! ! My function is to protect the Spadix (yellow knob at the top) which contains several tiny flowers when in bloom. Lastly, The Spathe (colorful heart shape) can come in many colors such as red, pink, orange, white etc.,

WORD OF CAUTION about Anthurium plant: This plant is toxic when consumed causing severe injury to oral cavity, throat, stomach and intestines etc.,. Families with young children and pets (cats and dogs) are advised to be aware of this serious toxicity if any part of the plant is consumed because of its attractive appearance. The plant's sap may cause severe allergic reaction upon contact.

Bodie, California. It would seem obvious for most people that climbing on this old truck would not be a good idea. However, there are those who need a sign advising them to not climb on the truck. The sign only stops the ones who can read and who actually care about preserving such a relic.

Weird times - I noticed the left tree and thougt he advises the others: Keep your distance! / Merkwürdige Zeiten, ich sah den linken Baum und dachte mir er ermahnt die andere Abstand zu halten.

On our last day in Costa Rica we were going to go on some hikes at Manuel Antonio National Park but we were advised by lots of naturalists that even with the pandemic that park always has way too many people and even though you can still see quite a few of the Costa Rica wildlife staples there like monkeys and sloths, you can see far more wildlife in similar habitat outside of the park. We were able to setup a tour at the Rainmaker Nature Park which is just a fantastic place and my family all had a wonderful time there even though true to its name it rained on us almost the whole time. (Keep in mind it was really late into the dry season by this point).

I will post some cell phone shots of the beautiful rainforest habitat there and trails later. Unfortunately I didn't take many landscape shots with my camera. I don't know why since I had my 12-100mm readily available. I did however take lots of wildlife shots. My favorite find was this beautiful big impressive Brown Basilsk which our guide spotted basking right next to the river as if it was guarding its favorite spot. it was so strange to see a lizard basking in the rain but these lizards really like water.

I am posting 3 shots here to show the lizard from far away and closeup. It didn't let me get within 25 feet of it before it bolted so the first is a 1:1 crop followed by a shot at 100mm (200mm FF equiv) and a wider angle shot from farther away.

Notice all those nasty no-see-um flies in the air right above the lizard.

If we ever get to that part of Costa Rica again I definitely want to visit the Rainmaker again. Especially for a night hike. I was pretty annoyed that I had called their US office to arrange a night tour the night before and was told it was too late and they were already booked. Then I found out the next day from our guide that his night tour participants actually cancelled on him because of the rain. It would have been better for both of us if me and my son had been able to do the tour.

This is my first attempt at star shots....taken at Spirits Bay, Northland, NZ.

For my friends on here that do star shots regularly, I would love to hear some tips on post processing. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Explore February 1, 2015 (#171)