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Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
I am not sure if this is the Mum or her child back in our Pittosporum Tree today. I last saw the baby on Mum's back in February this year.
One day old back alleys like this will be part of history. How many of us have not paid attention to places like this and then think in future years when it's too late that we have no record of where we grew up.
Częstochowa lies in Southern Poland and is a very important city in regrds to Polish history, thanks to Jasna Góra, a monastery located in the city. During the Swedish invasion of Poland in the mid-17th century, the crew, consisting of 160 people, managed to defend the monastery against a horde of some 4000 Swedes. This event lead to a huge uprising among the Polish people and is now recognised as the start of the Polish national identity. To this day, the monastery is visited by milions of pilgrims each year.
The Polish railfan community also has its own reason to visit the city - thanks to its steelworks and an extensive network of sidings. A little curiosity here are the locomotives of the 6De class, which are in reality modernised SM42 locomotives, which have had their V8 engine replaced with two smaller V12 engines from the 401Da class. Apart from the 6De, it's also possible to stumble upon the first three prototypes of the 6Dg class, which has since then overtaken Poland and been produced in numbers above 200.
6De-2637 is one of the two still working 6De locomotives and it was photographed by me on the 18th of February, as it was returning from the pickup point "PZ" back to the steelworks (located to the left of the frame - the buildings in the middle are glassworks). Not even a month has passed since the reopening of the steelworks, as this picture was being taken. The electric arch furnace has been off from 2022 up until 20.02.2025, when the steelworks' new owner - Węglokoks - resumed production. You can read more about the very complicated histtory of the steelworks in this post flic.kr/p/2qhQbv3
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
At the end of the three day 4WD tour that goes across the Salar de Uyuni, then up volcanic valleys with flamingo lakes, you end up at the Chile border. From there it's a one hour bus to San Pedro de Atacama.
I decided not to go on to Chile, but do the seven or so hours back to Uyuni, so see a lot of it all again...
White-backed vulture showing off its impressive wingspan.
The fact that this species is critically endangered already makes me count my blessings that I got the opportunity to observe and photograph it. The wing spread is just icing on the cake.
The behaviour being shown here is your typical thermoregulation. This was shot very early in the morning, when temperatures were still relatively low. Even vultures understand that as you increase your surface area, you’re able to absorb more energy (controlling body temperature and aiding the digestive process as a result).
Back Tor, Derwent Edge, Peak District, UK
© 2023 Paul Newcombe. Don't use without permission.
A spectacular sunrise on Derwent Edge this morning. For a moment or two anyway.
It was a pleasant surprise to see #7764, a GE C40-8 loco, which was in storage all these days at Waycross, GA, back in action. It was on Y123, a local from Charleston to Cosgrove Yard, and here it is seen on its way back at N. Charleston.
Narrowest back road I've seen in quite some time.
Western Wisconsin.
A bit of painterly to hide some defects.
…… Another garden shot for my #149 photo of the day, amazing how much things grow in just 10 days in Spring & early Summer! Roses are out in force but these Cala Lilies took my fancy today. Alan:-)
For the interested I’m growing my Shutterstock catalogue regularly here, now sold 120 images :- www.shutterstock.com/g/Alan+Foster?rid=223484589&utm_...
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A male Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) seen at Sutton Park, West Midlands, England on the 14,9,20
Juvenile red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) perched o na branch.
Młody gąsiorek (Lanius collurio) siedzący na gałązce.
Native Masked Bee (Hylaeus Rhodohylaeus) female
Lovely to see these back in the garden for the season.
Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) male perched on a staff gauge.
Samiec gąsiorka (Lanius collurio) siedzący na wodowskazie.
This is one of Melbourne's many back alleyways, it runs behind George's Bar at 120, Johnston Street, Fitzroy.
It was 6:30 am on a Saturday morning, when these three 'patrons' of the Bar came outside 'to join me' and enjoy a smoko.
Back home from my short holiday in Genova, Italy.
Picture made in front of one of Nevereux's works from the present exhibition 'Out of Here' at Nitroglobus
Here's your taxi to Nitroglobus: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunshine%20Homestead/38/25...
dikke kus
Dido
Green-backed Tit is a species of the Himalayas and mountains and foothills to the east, with a disjunct population in Taiwan (which is where this bird was seen). What a beautiful combination of colours. This individual was active along the Dasyueshan Road in the mountains east of Taichung City.
I'm back in Ottawa and there's still lots of snow. This was taken on February 28th on film. Kodak Gold 200 on a Minolta XG-1.
I found myself back in Lewistown today for another look at this remarkable stretch of railroad.
The Juniata Valley Railroad is heading east on Water Street through the Main St. intersection with eight cars for the big Standard Steel mill in Burnham. Leading the train in sharp PRR styled heritage paint is SW900 2106 blt. Nov. 1953 for the Pittsburgh and Shawmut Railroad as their number 236.
To learn more check out the detailed caption from my visit back in July: flic.kr/p/2jrGuHm
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Friday November 13, 2020
If you look very closely to close ups of Hummingbirds, you will see how their back feathers are used to help them hover. It is especially evident in this shot.
Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin
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Good Stewards of Nature
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The Black-backed Woodpecker specializes on eating big, juicy wood-boring beetle larvae. It is an inky black bird with a sharp white stripe on its black face, fine black barring on the flanks, and, in males, a yellow crown patch. These enterprising birds locate burned forests just weeks to months after a forest fire and then live off the bounty of insects over the next 5 to 8 years. In areas with fewer fires, they may also use bark beetle outbreaks or bogs.
Photographed in East Duluth, MN
A Croydon back alley is probably not somewhere that you want to find yourself at 2am but during the day, when I tend to make my forays there, it’s absolutely fine. This image brings back memories for me and in many ways represents where I’ve been photographically over the past 2 or 3 years. This is one of 12 images taken on my first ever roll of film shooting medium format. It was taken on an ancient Yashica C tlr camera, a camera I didn’t even mean to buy. It was part of a job lot that I bought on fleaBay and it sat idle for many months until I screwed up the courage to take it out and shoot it. I’ve since gone on to shoot countless rolls of medium format 120 film but this was the roll that got me hooked. Sadly that old Yashica has been sold on to someone else but I can only hope that the new owner has a similar experience to mine.
Medium format film photography
Yashica C tlr
Yashinon 80mm f3.5 lens
Film unknown