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Here is boring Fleet Buzz Solo MX08 UZM on the route 11 to Paddock Hill. Taken at Farnborough on 30/4/13.
Because I have no other photos to upload and it would be a sin if I used none of my free upload limit this month.
An ornithologist specialising in owls applies a leg band to this adult female Boreal Owl. This species has only been documented to nest in Nova Scotia a handful of times.
I'm so sorry for the crappy photos but I'm lacking inspiration these days. And then I see all this beautiful photos around the Web and it gets me so frustated!
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Sorry for such a lame and boring start to 2012 here. (So weird to be writing 2012!) Things have been pretty busy here and the holiday rush is just starting to subside for me. Between school and family obligations there hasn't been enough time to take pictures let alone edit any. It finally snowed here so Lord willing I'll be able to grab a couple of pictures tomorrow.
Class is going real slow today and we have no assignments so i decided to get a little more practice in photoshop!
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Tringa flavipes
Conservation status CONSERVATION. Overall numbers appear to be fairly stable.
Family Sandpipers
Habitat Marshes, mudflats, shores, ponds; in summer, open boreal woods. Occurs widely in migration, including coastal estuaries, salt and fresh marshes, edges of lakes and ponds; typically more common on freshwater habitats. Often in same places as Greater Yellowlegs, but may be less frequent on tidal flats. Breeds in large clearings, such as burned areas, near ponds in northern forest.
At first glance, the two species of yellowlegs look identical except for size, as if they were put on earth only to confuse birdwatchers. With better acquaintance, they turn out to have different personalities. The Lesser is often at smaller ponds, often present in larger flocks, and often seems rather tame. Perhaps a more delicate bird (as it appears to be), it does not winter as far north as the Greater Yellowlegs.
Feeding Behavior
Typically forages in very shallow water, picking at items on or just below water's surface. Sometimes swings its head back and forth with the tip of the bill in the water.
Eggs
4, sometimes 3. Buff to yellowish or gray, blotched with brown. Incubation is probably by both parents, roughly 22-23 days. Young: Downy young are able to leave nest soon after hatching; are tended by both parents, but feed themselves. Age at first flight probably about 18-20 days.
Young
Downy young are able to leave nest soon after hatching; are tended by both parents, but feed themselves. Age at first flight probably about 18-20 days.
Diet
Insects, small fish, crustaceans. Eats many aquatic insects, including beetles, water boatmen, dragonfly nymphs, crane fly larvae, and others; also terrestrial insects. Also feeds on crustaceans, snails, worms, small fish. Insects make up most of diet in summer.
Nesting
Nesting behavior not well known. On the breeding territory, male performs a rising and falling display flight, while giving a ringing song that can be heard from some distance. Adults may perch on top of dead trees and call, especially when humans intrude on territory. Nest site is on ground in open, typically in dry site and sometimes far from water; may be placed close to log, burned stump, brushpile. Nest is a shallow depression, sparsely lined with leaves, grass.
Promotional art for Season one, 2009, of the Television show "Bored to Death. A noir-otic comedy. How he solves anything is a mystery."